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Winifred

“Blessed stream” — Welsh origin

Girl's name · #922 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Winifred has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #141 (1917) · 45,094 babies named Winifred all-time · 1 in 5,600 girls born in 2025.

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.

Famous Winifreds

• Winifred Wagner — Wife of Siegfried Wagner (1897–1980)
• Winifred McNair — English tennis player (1877–1954)
• Winifred Asprey — American computer scientist and mathematician (1917–2007)
• Winifred Atwell — Trinidad and Tobago musician (1914–1983)
• Winifred Holtby — British writer (1898–1935)

In stories & tradition

• Winifred Burkle — Buffyverse
• Winifred Wood — Little Jack Sheppard
• Winifred — The Jungle Book

What Winifreds become

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).

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