Winona
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- wi-NOH-na
- Origin
- Native American
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,368 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #627 for girls
Winona is a girls' name of Native American origin, meaning “firstborn daughter”. In 2025 it ranked 1,368th for girls in the UK (24 babies) and 627th for girls in the US (466 babies).
What does Winona mean?
Native American: Dakota (Sioux) name
“firstborn daughter”
In Dakota tradition it was the name for a family's first daughter; Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha uses the form Wenonah.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Winona a girl's or a boy's name?
Winona is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the UK and 466 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Winona in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,368among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 273% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were named Winona, making it the 1,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 33 girls.
Half of all the girls named Winona in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,315th in England and Wales.
Winona in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 2024 | 33 | #1,084 |
| 2023 | 25 | #1,360 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,406 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Winona in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #627among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 466about 1 in 3,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 207% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 466 girls in the US were named Winona, making it the 627th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,418th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 10 years. 2025 had the most girls named Winona of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the girls named Winona in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1976, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 474 girls in the US were given Winona or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #617, up from #627 for this spelling alone.
- Winona 466
- Winnona 8
Winona in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 466 | #627 |
| 2024 | 384 | #734 |
| 2023 | 306 | #878 |
| 2022 | 273 | #975 |
| 2021 | 175 | #1,293 |
| 2020 | 154 | #1,418 |
| 2019 | 127 | #1,655 |
| 2018 | 96 | #2,026 |
| 2017 | 77 | #2,357 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,560 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,988 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,334 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,294 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,197 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,718 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,983 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,676 |
| 1992 | 56 | #2,313 |
| 1991 | 50 | #2,478 |
| 1990 | 34 | #3,222 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,098 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,064 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 38 | #2,488 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,537 |
| 1979 | 34 | #2,621 |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,516 |
| 1977 | 38 | #2,341 |
| 1976 | 53 | #1,775 |
| 1975 | 46 | #1,935 |
| 1974 | 48 | #1,820 |
| 1973 | 57 | #1,607 |
| 1972 | 60 | #1,541 |
| 1971 | 63 | #1,546 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,828 |
| 1969 | 50 | #1,711 |
| 1968 | 54 | #1,559 |
| 1967 | 60 | #1,428 |
| 1966 | 73 | #1,262 |
| 1965 | 73 | #1,256 |
| 1964 | 78 | #1,246 |
| 1963 | 79 | #1,233 |
| 1962 | 91 | #1,145 |
| 1961 | 78 | #1,252 |
| 1960 | 90 | #1,146 |
| 1959 | 80 | #1,191 |
| 1958 | 105 | #1,011 |
| 1957 | 115 | #964 |
| 1956 | 121 | #913 |
| 1955 | 105 | #966 |
| 1954 | 100 | #968 |
| 1953 | 95 | #980 |
| 1952 | 113 | #866 |
| 1951 | 104 | #881 |
| 1950 | 119 | #793 |
| 1949 | 100 | #878 |
| 1948 | 94 | #895 |
| 1947 | 119 | #796 |
| 1946 | 90 | #873 |
| 1945 | 99 | #755 |
| 1944 | 92 | #797 |
| 1943 | 108 | #745 |
| 1942 | 109 | #711 |
| 1941 | 136 | #604 |
| 1940 | 129 | #614 |
| 1939 | 127 | #593 |
| 1938 | 170 | #512 |
| 1937 | 172 | #503 |
| 1936 | 167 | #500 |
| 1935 | 173 | #479 |
| 1934 | 199 | #460 |
| 1933 | 209 | #446 |
| 1932 | 198 | #464 |
| 1931 | 252 | #406 |
| 1930 | 221 | #453 |
| 1929 | 189 | #489 |
| 1928 | 223 | #462 |
| 1927 | 230 | #461 |
| 1926 | 224 | #457 |
| 1925 | 270 | #419 |
| 1924 | 289 | #405 |
| 1923 | 257 | #417 |
| 1922 | 261 | #407 |
| 1921 | 265 | #415 |
| 1920 | 222 | #453 |
| 1919 | 188 | #489 |
| 1918 | 223 | #444 |
| 1917 | 200 | #457 |
| 1916 | 219 | #424 |
| 1915 | 192 | #444 |
| 1914 | 139 | #462 |
| 1913 | 120 | #453 |
| 1912 | 108 | #455 |
| 1911 | 63 | #522 |
| 1910 | 65 | #503 |
| 1909 | 58 | #488 |
| 1908 | 51 | #507 |
| 1907 | 34 | #637 |
| 1906 | 49 | #492 |
| 1905 | 35 | #587 |
| 1904 | 32 | #600 |
| 1903 | 42 | #492 |
| 1902 | 29 | #612 |
| 1901 | 28 | #591 |
| 1900 | 18 | #885 |
| 1899 | 20 | #704 |
| 1898 | 30 | #586 |
| 1897 | 22 | #660 |
| 1896 | 25 | #621 |
| 1895 | 20 | #703 |
| 1894 | 22 | #628 |
| 1893 | 20 | #644 |
| 1892 | 20 | #638 |
| 1891 | 13 | #750 |
| 1890 | 14 | #727 |
| 1889 | 14 | #687 |
| 1888 | 16 | #636 |
| 1887 | 14 | #608 |
| 1886 | 9 | #778 |
| 1885 | 14 | #576 |
| 1884 | 6 | #930 |
| 1883 | 9 | #651 |
| 1882 | 9 | #634 |
| 1881 | 11 | #503 |
| 1880 | 6 | #738 |
Names like Winona
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ada Matilda Etta Clara Winnie Nora Eliza Harriet Nina Ophelia Evelyn Violet
Names related to Winona
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Winona: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/winona, updated 20 October 2026.