Winnie

“Variant of Winifred — Blessed stream” — Welsh origin

Girl's name · #475 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Winnie was #162 in 1881, slipped to #3145 by 1981, and has climbed back to #475 today. Roughly 27,000 girls have been named Winnie since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Around the world: about 1 in 500 girls in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 610 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 1,000 girls in N. Ireland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 40 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Winnies

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela — South African activist and politician (1936-2018)
Winnie Byanyima — 20th and 21st-century Ugandan aeronautical engineer, politician and diplomat
Winnie Harlow — Jamaican-Canadian fashion model
Winnie Markus — German actress (1921–2002)
Winnie van Weerdenburg — swimmer (1946–1998)

In stories & tradition

Winnie Woodpecker — Real Gone Woody · The New Woody Woodpecker Show
Winnie Foster — Tuck Everlasting
Winnie Fairfax — The New Aladdin

What Winnies become

Among 184 notable people named Winnie:

Entertainers appear 2.14× more often than among typical names — e.g. Winnie Harlow, Jamaican-Canadian fashion model.

Similar names: Winifred · Cordelia · Willa · Minnie · Nola · Ronnie

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