Winifred

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Winifred: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Winifred: Recorded every year since 1964, its highest recorded position is #93, and it stood at #388 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
80times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#93highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Winifred's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1646
1997	#1365
1998	#1392
1999	#1473
2000	#1313
2001	#1238
2002	#1784
2003	#1722
2004	#1617
2005	#1500
2006	#1660
2007	#1656
2008	#1391
2009	#1837
2010	#1257
2011	#1374
2012	#1150
2013	#1018
2014	#842
2015	#845
2016	#790
2017	#785
2018	#602
2019	#632
2020	#486
2021	#513
2022	#374
2023	#397
2024	#388

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 50 of the 56 years from 1964 to 2019.

In 2024: #388 among girls in England and Wales, #541 among girls in Scotland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #93 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2019
Highest recorded position: #93 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2019).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #388 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Winifred appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 50 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 969 births with the name.

Winifred across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Winifred's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#93 (1964)	#93 (1964)	#551 (2019)	50 of 56	969 (1964–2019)	66 (1964)
England and Wales · Girls	#1646 (1996)	#374 (2022)	#388 (2024)	29 of 29	1,113 (1996–2024)	114 (2022)

Winifred by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Winifred in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	333	6 of 10	56
1970s	325	10 of 10	33
1980s	152	10 of 10	15
1990s	95	9 of 10	11
2000s	36	8 of 10	5
2010s	28	7 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 56 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Winifred appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #93 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Winifred's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#388	112	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#397	105	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#374	114	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#513	80	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#486	83	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#632	62	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#602	68	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#785	50	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#790	49	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#845	44	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#842	45	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1018	35	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1150	29	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1374	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1257	25	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1837	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1391	20	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1656	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1660	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1500	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1617	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1722	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1238	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1313	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1392	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1365	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#551	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#582	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	11	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	8	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	14	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	11	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#228	16	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#228	16	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#290	11	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	13	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	14	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	25	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	8	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	14	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#230	21	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	12	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	18	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#253	17	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#253	16	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	21	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#209	24	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#176	32	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	41	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	42	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	47	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#144	46	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	39	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#127	51	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	52	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#103	60	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#122	47	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	57	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#93	66	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#541	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #93, first reached in 1964.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 114 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 60 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Winnifred · #523, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Yvette · #93, 56y
Cornelia · #90, 63y
Dearbhla · #90, 57y
Finbar · #90, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Aishling · #93, 48y
Nellie · #93, 29y
Noeleen · #93, 32y
Yvette · #93, 56y

Winifred was ranked #93 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Winifred and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Winifred without appearing here.

Winifred moved ahead of

Jesse Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1837 and #1837 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1257 and #4688.
Jordan Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1837 and #1837 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1257 and #4012.
Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1500 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1660 and #3548.
Denise Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1837 and #1668 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1257 and #2843.

Moved ahead of Winifred

Cheryl Compare
In 2009 they stood at #576 and #677 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #910 and #475.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #752 and #876 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #896 and #462.
Ivy Compare
In 2011 they stood at #582 and #893 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #768 and #371.
Ida Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1238 and #1728 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1784 and #1442.

Moved the opposite way to Winifred

Ada Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Winifred went from #93 to #551 while Ada went from #372 to #57.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Winifred went from #93 to #551 while Amelia went from #300 to #6.
Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Winifred went from #93 to #551 while Annie went from #112 to #66.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Winifred went from #93 to #551 while Aoife went from #206 to #16.

Moved the same way as Winifred

Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Winifred went from #93 to #551 and Amanda from #118 to #313.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Winifred went from #93 to #551 and Angela from #24 to #551.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Winifred went from #93 to #551 and Ann from #4 to #362.
Anne Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Winifred went from #93 to #551 and Anne from #5 to #457.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #93 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Winifred

Winifred at a glance

What stands out in Winifred's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Winifred across 2 official records

Winifred by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Winifred appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Winifred

Winifred and the names beside it

Winifred moved ahead of

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Winifred at a glance

What stands out in Winifred's record

Winifred across 2 official records

Winifred by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Winifred appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Winifred

Winifred and the names beside it

Winifred moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Winifred

Moved the opposite way to Winifred

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