Winston

maleStatistical record

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

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

Winston: Recorded since 1969, with a gap of 19 years, its highest recorded position is #291, and it stood at #747 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#291highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Winston's record

Absent from every published list for 19 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1458
1997	#1578
1998	#2419
1999	#2425
2000	#1096
2001	#1949
2002	#1322
2003	#3467
2004	#1878
2005	#2754
2006	#2087
2007	#1578
2008	#1242
2009	#1175
2010	#996
2011	#1124
2012	#998
2013	#882
2014	#710
2015	#633
2016	#681
2017	#684
2018	#646
2019	#616
2020	#668
2021	#854
2022	#901
2023	#779
2024	#747

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 4 of the 46 years from 1969 to 2014.

In 2014: #609 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #710 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1969–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #291 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1969–2014
Highest recorded position: #291 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1969 (recorded 1969–2014).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #747 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Winston appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 767 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1969.

Winston 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.

Winston'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 · Boys	#291 (1969)	#291 (1969)	#609 (2014)	4 of 46	13 (1969–2014)	4 (2014)
England and Wales · Boys	#1458 (1996)	#616 (2019)	#747 (2024)	29 of 29	767 (1996–2024)	59 (2019)

Winston by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Winston in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	23	4 of 10	6
2000s	107	10 of 10	11
2010sbusiest	428	10 of 10	43
2020s	209	5 of 10	42

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 43 births a year.

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

Winston 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 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #291 in Republic of Ireland in 1969.

Winston'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	male	#747	46	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#779	42	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#901	34	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#854	36	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#668	51	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#616	59	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#646	54	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#684	51	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#681	51	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#633	55	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#710	46	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#882	33	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#998	28	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1124	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#996	28	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1175	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1242	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1096	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#291	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 1969 and 2024, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #291, first reached in 1969.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 59 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 19 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 27 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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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.

Natalya · #291, 29y
Coral · #290, 30y
Ioan · #292, 30y
Oluwatobi · #292, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Laurie · #291, 48y
Elva · #292, 39y
Ailis · #293, 46y
Cathrina · #293, 19y

Winston was ranked #291 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1969. 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.

Winston 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 Winston without appearing here.

Winston moved ahead of

Isak Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1578 and #1440 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1242 and #3687.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2754 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2087 and #4052.
Conan Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2087 and #2087 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1578 and #3095.
Graeme Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3467 and #2189 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1878 and #3009.

Moved ahead of Winston

Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1322 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #3467 and #1092.
Hunter Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1322 and #2254 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #3467 and #2857.
Cooper Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1096 and #1425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1322 and #907.
Tadhg Compare
In 2019 they stood at #616 and #634 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #668 and #551.

Moved the opposite way to Winston

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Winston went from #1458 to #747 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Winston went from #1458 to #747 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Winston went from #1458 to #747 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Winston went from #1458 to #747 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Winston

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Winston went from #1458 to #747 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Winston went from #1458 to #747 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Winston went from #1458 to #747 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Winston went from #1458 to #747 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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 2 regions, from 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #291 in Republic of Ireland in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Winston

Winston at a glance

What stands out in Winston's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Winston across 2 official records

Winston by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Winston appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Winston at a glance

What stands out in Winston's record

Winston across 2 official records

Winston by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Winston 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 Winston

Winston and the names beside it

Winston moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Winston

Moved the opposite way to Winston

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