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Winston

“Wine's farm” — Old English origin

Boy's name · #381 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Winston has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #234 (1941) · 32,794 babies named Winston all-time · 1 in 2,000 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,700 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 2,200 boys in Sweden (2025) · about 1 in 8,200 boys in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 42 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Winstons

• Winston Churchill — British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
• Winston Reid — New Zealand association football player
• Winston Duke — Tobagonian actor
• Winston Groom — American writer (1943-2020)
• Winston Bogarde — Dutch footballer

In stories & tradition

• Winston Smith — Nineteen Eighty-Four
• Winston Zeddemore — Ghostbusters · Ghostbusters II
• Winston — Overwatch universe

What Winstons become

Among 356 notable people named Winston:

Athletes appear 1.54× more often than among typical names — e.g. Winston Reid, New Zealand association football player.

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