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“Firstborn daughter” — Dakota origin
Girl's name · #627 in the US (2025) · Trending
Winona is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1880, it stood at #627 in 2025; about 13,000 girls have been named Winona along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Together with its spelling variants Wynonna (#2750) and Wynona (#2820), Winona would rank around #503 with about 590 births last year — the newborns split about 79/11/10 across Winona, Wynonna, and Wynona.
Around the world: about 1 in 7,000 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 11,000 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 17,000 girls in Switzerland (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 32 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 17 notable people named Winona:
Entertainers appear 2.28× more often than among typical names — e.g. Winona Ryder, American actress.
Similar names: Wynonna · Hellen · Winry · Sedona · Koda · Aiyana
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