Winnifred

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Winnifred: Recorded since 1992, with a gap of 12 years, its highest recorded position is #523, and it stood at #1,603 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
33years from first to last
#523highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Winnifred's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3225
2012	#4838
2017	#3583
2018	#3985
2019	#2643
2020	#1687
2021	#3192
2022	#1948
2023	#2346
2024	#1603

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 England and Wales in 10 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1992–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #3225 among girls in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1603 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Winnifred by decade in England and Wales · 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 Winnifred in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2010s	24	4 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	68	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Winnifred 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 2 regions, from 1992 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #523 in Republic of Ireland in 1992.

Winnifred'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	#1603	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1687	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified

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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1992 and 2024, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #523, first reached in 1992.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 7 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
12 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#1,603position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
19births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 25 births →

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.

Winifred · #93, 61y
Winnie · #142, 34y
Winona · #1036, 23y
Winston · #291, 32y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Berenice · #523, 15y
Casandra · #523, 11y
Meggan · #523, 11y
Adrians · #520, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Casandra · #523, 11y
Devina · #523, 27y
Jessika · #523, 27y
Meggan · #523, 11y

Winnifred was ranked #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1992. 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.

Winnifred 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 Winnifred without appearing here.

Winnifred moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1603 and #5891.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1687 and #5493.
Cooper Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #2643 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1687 and #5493.
Cameron Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1603 and #4843.

Moved ahead of Winnifred

Frida Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3225 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #1210.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3225 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #1893.

Moved the opposite way to Winnifred

Abigail Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Winnifred went from #3225 to #1603 while Abigail went from #20 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Winnifred went from #3225 to #1603 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Winnifred went from #3225 to #1603 while Aisling went from #410 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Winnifred went from #3225 to #1603 while Alex went from #204 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Winnifred

Ada Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Winnifred went from #3225 to #1603 and Ada from #2189 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Winnifred went from #3225 to #1603 and Alma from #3225 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Winnifred went from #3225 to #1603 and Alyssa from #483 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Winnifred went from #3225 to #1603 and Amalie from #2770 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 1992 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #523 in Republic of Ireland in 1992. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Winnifred

Winnifred at a glance

What stands out in Winnifred's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Winnifred by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Winnifred appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Winnifred at a glance

What stands out in Winnifred's record

Winnifred by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Winnifred appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Winnifred

Winnifred and the names beside it

Winnifred moved ahead of

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