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How popular is the name Winnie?

Births per year, rank history and how many Winnies are alive today.

Winnie (female) sits just outside the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales, ranked 117th in 2025 with 416 babies given the name. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Winnie you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Winnies born in England and Wales are between 2 and 8, and there are at least 2,800 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Winnie - on average, only one in every 113 such rooms contains a Winnie.

How many babies are named Winnie each year?

0200400200020201996: 121997: 51998: 71999: 92000: 92001: 102002: 52003: 92004: 142005: 142006: 122007: 262008: 212009: 252010: 232011: 322012: 362013: 402014: 472015: 682016: 632017: 1132018: 1502019: 2112020: 2102021: 2502022: 2392023: 3322024: 3472025: 416actual

Where does Winnie rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 1,4341997: ranked 2,7381998: ranked 2,1651999: ranked 1,8052000: ranked 1,8312001: ranked 1,7282002: ranked 2,8682003: ranked 1,9962004: ranked 1,5352005: ranked 1,5892006: ranked 1,8622007: ranked 1,1022008: ranked 1,3442009: ranked 1,2092010: ranked 1,3322011: ranked 1,0672012: ranked 9982013: ranked 9252014: ranked 8142015: ranked 6092016: ranked 6662017: ranked 3942018: ranked 3172019: ranked 2342020: ranked 2232021: ranked 2042022: ranked 2082023: ranked 1512024: ranked 1422025: ranked 117

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Winnie per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 416 in 2025
Winnie: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Winnie most popular?

Winnie peaked in 2025, when 416 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Winnie?

At least 2,800 people named Winnie born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Winnie?

Most living Winnies are between 2 and 8; the most common age is about 2.

Is Winnie becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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