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“Blessed stream” — Welsh origin
Girl's name · #923 in the US (2025) · Comeback
Winifred was #141 in 1917, slipped to #7597 by 1994, and has climbed back to #923 today. Roughly 45,000 girls have been named Winifred since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Winifred's short forms are Freda and Winnie. About 520 girls a year are given Winnie as their full name. Together with its spelling variant Winnifred (#2540), Winifred would rank around #766 with about 350 births last year — the newborns split about 80/20 between Winifred and Winnifred.
Around the world: about 1 in 2,100 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 4,300 girls in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 26 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 281 notable people named Winifred:
Artists & writers appear 1.94× more often than among typical names — e.g. Winifred Holtby, British writer (1898–1935).
Similar names: Winnifred · Nola · Winona · Imogene · Cordelia · Avalon
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