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How popular is the name Winnifred?
Births per year, rank history and how many Winnifreds are alive today.
Winnifred (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Winifred in England and Wales, ranked 1512th in 2025 and given to 20 babies. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
Across all spellings of the name, the Winifred you are most likely to meet is around 79 years old. Half of all Winifreds born in England and Wales are between 58 and 87, and there are at least 24,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 7.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Winifred.
How many babies are named Winnifred each year?
Includes all spellings: Winnifred, Winifred. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Winnifred spelling rank?
Where does the Winifred spelling rank?
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.
Common questions
When was the name Winnifred most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Winifred, peaked in 1914, when around 11,300 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Winnifred spelling itself peaked in 2025, with 20 babies.
How many people are called Winnifred?
At least 24,000 people named Winnifred in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Winnifred?
Most living Winnifreds are between 58 and 87; the most common age is about 79.
Is Winnifred becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.