Wynona
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- wy-NOH-nuh
- Origin
- Native American
- US rank, 2025
- #2,778 for girls
Wynona is a girls' name of Native American origin, meaning “firstborn daughter”. In 2025 it ranked 2,778th for girls in the US (61 babies).
What does Wynona mean?
Native American: spelling of Winona, a Dakota name
“firstborn daughter”
A spelling of Winona, the Dakota name traditionally given to a first-born daughter.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Wynona a girl's or a boy's name?
Wynona is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 61 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wynona in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,778th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 61 about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 170% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 61 girls in the US were named Wynona, making it the 2,778th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 1930, with 97 girls. It first appears in the records in 1899.
Half of all the girls named Wynona in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 130 girls in the US were given Wynona or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,410, up from #2,778 for this spelling alone.
- Wynonna 63
- Wynona 61
- Wynnona 6
Wynona in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,778 |
| 2024 | 68 | #2,585 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2022 | 52 | #3,123 |
| 2021 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,110 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 29 | #2,451 |
| 1971 | 30 | #2,477 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,609 |
| 1967 | 21 | #2,706 |
| 1966 | 24 | #2,452 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,832 |
| 1964 | 25 | #2,474 |
| 1963 | 25 | #2,423 |
| 1962 | 38 | #1,857 |
| 1961 | 22 | #2,607 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,854 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,740 |
| 1958 | 30 | #2,024 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,868 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,716 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,616 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,421 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,585 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,679 |
| 1951 | 40 | #1,480 |
| 1950 | 49 | #1,301 |
| 1949 | 39 | #1,468 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,385 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,437 |
| 1946 | 47 | #1,256 |
| 1945 | 44 | #1,186 |
| 1944 | 49 | #1,114 |
| 1943 | 57 | #1,062 |
| 1942 | 55 | #1,055 |
| 1941 | 56 | #975 |
| 1940 | 54 | #971 |
| 1939 | 66 | #862 |
| 1938 | 76 | #807 |
| 1937 | 64 | #862 |
| 1936 | 66 | #827 |
| 1935 | 88 | #715 |
| 1934 | 70 | #804 |
| 1933 | 65 | #826 |
| 1932 | 75 | #781 |
| 1931 | 89 | #708 |
| 1930 | 97 | #699 |
| 1929 | 59 | #932 |
| 1928 | 87 | #765 |
| 1927 | 93 | #739 |
| 1926 | 65 | #926 |
| 1925 | 71 | #877 |
| 1924 | 79 | #845 |
| 1923 | 82 | #800 |
| 1922 | 84 | #795 |
| 1921 | 68 | #892 |
| 1920 | 63 | #914 |
| 1919 | 53 | #984 |
| 1918 | 53 | #989 |
| 1917 | 49 | #1,002 |
| 1916 | 43 | #1,059 |
| 1915 | 37 | #1,115 |
| 1914 | 50 | #827 |
| 1913 | 33 | #925 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,218 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,113 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,634 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,219 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,044 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,638 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,419 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,133 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
Nicknames for Wynona
Names like Wynona
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Winona, Lenora, Loretta, Willa, Leona, Ramona, Barbara, Evelyn, Dorothy, Sylvia, Eleanor, Vera
Other spellings of Wynona
Names related to Wynona
More Native American names
Dakota, Tallulah, Nayeli, Kenai, Cree, Xochitl, Xitlali, Citlali, Alaska, Talulah, Sequoia, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, Lakota, Dakotah
Sources
Figures from 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, “Wynona: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wynona, updated 20 October 2026.