Wynton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WIN-tun
- Origin
- English
Wynton is a boys' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Wynton mean?
English: variant of the English place-name surname Winton
Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis was named after the jazz pianist Wynton Kelly.
Is Wynton a girl's or a boy's name?
Wynton is a boys' name.
How popular is Wynton in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1986, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1960.
Half of all the boys named Wynton in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wynton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,689 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 28 | #2,055 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 23 | #2,231 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
Nicknames for Wynton
- Wyn 8 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Wynton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Weston, Jackson, Mason, Colton, Ashton, Stetson, Easton, Bryson, Wyatt, Hudson, Grayson, Landon
Names related to Wynton
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
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, “Wynton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wynton, updated 20 October 2026.