Wynter
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- WIN-ter
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #601 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #456 for girls
Wynter is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “the winter season”. In 2025 it ranked 601st for girls in the UK (71 babies) and 456th for girls in the US (676 babies).
What does Wynter mean?
English: spelling of Winter
“the winter season”
A stylised spelling of Winter, the English word for the season, from Old English winter.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Wynter a girl's or a boy's name?
Wynter is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 71 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 676 girls and 17 boys in the US.
How popular is Wynter in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #601among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 71about 1 in 3,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 71 girls in the UK were named Wynter, making it the 601st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 332nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 157 girls. 3 boys were also named Wynter in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Wynter than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Wynter in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 194 girls in the UK were given Wynter or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #268, up from #601 for this spelling alone.
- Winter 123
- Wynter 71
Among girls in 2025, it was 622nd in England and Wales, 539th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Wynter in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71 | #601 |
| 2024 | 128 | #377 |
| 2023 | 119 | #390 |
| 2022 | 127 | #378 |
| 2021 | 157 | #335 |
| 2020 | 148 | #332 |
| 2019 | 106 | #448 |
| 2018 | 107 | #458 |
| 2017 | 65 | #687 |
| 2016 | 34 | #1,096 |
| 2015 | 32 | #1,160 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,544 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
How popular is Wynter in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #456among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 676about 1 in 2,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 676 girls in the US were named Wynter, making it the 456th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 376th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 934 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962. 17 boys were also named Wynter in 2025 (5,397th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Wynter than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Wynter in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,418 girls in the US were given Wynter or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #246, up from #456 for this spelling alone.
Wynter in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 676 | #456 |
| 2024 | 753 | #415 |
| 2023 | 808 | #381 |
| 2022 | 886 | #356 |
| 2021 | 934 | #343 |
| 2020 | 825 | #376 |
| 2019 | 696 | #448 |
| 2018 | 596 | #525 |
| 2017 | 477 | #623 |
| 2016 | 398 | #714 |
| 2015 | 362 | #780 |
| 2014 | 312 | #877 |
| 2013 | 266 | #953 |
| 2012 | 213 | #1,153 |
| 2011 | 147 | #1,509 |
| 2010 | 171 | #1,363 |
| 2009 | 179 | #1,339 |
| 2008 | 138 | #1,635 |
| 2007 | 121 | #1,770 |
| 2006 | 96 | #2,050 |
| 2005 | 114 | #1,730 |
| 2004 | 116 | #1,666 |
| 2003 | 113 | #1,686 |
| 2002 | 127 | #1,492 |
| 2001 | 115 | #1,599 |
| 2000 | 92 | #1,851 |
| 1999 | 86 | #1,841 |
| 1998 | 79 | #1,918 |
| 1997 | 69 | #2,042 |
| 1996 | 67 | #2,056 |
| 1995 | 94 | #1,594 |
| 1994 | 47 | #2,622 |
| 1993 | 31 | #3,501 |
| 1992 | 28 | #3,767 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,930 |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,292 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,612 |
| 1983 | 29 | #2,909 |
| 1982 | 31 | #2,900 |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,774 |
| 1980 | 68 | #1,677 |
| 1979 | 66 | #1,678 |
| 1978 | 44 | #2,125 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
Names like Wynter
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Wynter
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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, “Wynter: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wynter, updated 20 October 2026.