Winona
Winona is ranked 738th among girls in 2024 (381 births). Its best rank was 407th, in 1924, 1931.
- Rank in 2024
- #738up 142 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3810.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 2024381 births
- Best rank
- #407first in 1924
- Since 1880
- 12,481people given the name
The story in the numbers
12,481 girls have been named Winona in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 381 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1938, and the 1920s alone account for 19%. It has spent 80 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Winona | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 108 | |
| 1890s | 206 | |
| 1900s | 376 | |
| 1910s | 1,517 | |
| 1920s | 2,430 | |
| 1930s | 1,888 | |
| 1940s | 1,076 | |
| 1950s | 1,057 | |
| 1960s | 726 | |
| 1970s | 481 | |
| 1980s | 245 | |
| 1990s | 340 | |
| 2000s | 195 | |
| 2010s | 550 | |
| 2020s | 1,286 |
In 2024, its biggest year
Winona was the 738th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Winona
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hellenpeak 1924
- Romapeak 1930
- Millicentpeak 1927
- Eleanorpeak 1920
- Sybilpeak 1921
- Rosalinepeak 1928
- Manuelapeak 1924
- Delphinepeak 1958
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.