Wynonna

Gender: Girl
Say it: wy-NOH-nuh
Origin: Native American
US rank, 2025: #2,719 for girls

Wynonna is a girls' name of Native American origin, meaning “firstborn daughter”. In 2025 it ranked 2,719th for girls in the US (63 babies).

What does Wynonna mean?

Native American: spelling of Winona, from Dakota (Sioux)

“firstborn daughter”

A spelling of Winona, the Dakota name traditionally given to a firstborn daughter.

Is Wynonna a girl's or a boy's name?

Wynonna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 63 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Wynonna in the US?

Rank in 2025: 2,719th among girls
Babies in 2025: 63 about 1 in 26,000 girls
Five-year trend: Rising up 92% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 63 girls in the US were named Wynonna, making it the 2,719th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 67 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.

Half of all the girls named Wynonna in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 130 girls in the US were given Wynonna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,410, up from #2,719 for this spelling alone.

Wynonna 63
Wynona 61
Wynnona 6

1985Busiest: 67 in 20242025

Wynonna in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	63	#2,719
2024	67	#2,607
2023	56	#2,975
2022	53	#3,073
2021	30	#4,503
2020	45	#3,399
2019	32	#4,342
2018	20	#6,006
2017	20	#6,040
2016	5	#16,210
2015	0	–
2014	0	–
2013	0	–
2012	0	–
2011	0	–
2010	0	–
2009	0	–
2008	0	–
2007	0	–
2006	0	–
2005	0	–
2004	6	#14,172
2003	0	–
2002	0	–
2001	0	–
2000	11	#8,527
1999	0	–
1998	6	#12,420
1997	11	#7,737
1996	12	#7,125
1995	11	#7,509
1994	12	#7,091
1993	26	#3,982
1992	23	#4,375
1991	12	#6,969
1990	0	–
1989	0	–
1988	0	–
1987	0	–
1986	6	#9,540
1985	5	#10,672