Winnifred

Meaning: Blessed stream
Origin: Variant of Winifred (from Welsh)

Girl's name · #2540 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Winnifred — on the books since 1880, #2540 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 5,100 girls share it.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 1 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,578 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,539 in Canada (2024).

Famous Winnifreds

Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck — American politician
Winnifred Selby — Ghanaian social entrepreneur
Winnifred Eaton — Canadian writer author
Winnifred Harper Cooley — American author and lecturer
Winnifred Quick — Survivor of the Titanic (1904–2002)

What Winnifreds become

Among 18 notable people named Winnifred:

Artists & writers appear 2× more often than among typical names — e.g. Winnifred Eaton, Canadian writer author.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Winifred (#923), Winnifred would rank around #766 with about 350 births last year — the newborns split about 80/20 between Winifred and Winnifred.

Similar names: Winifred · Louella · Wynona · Iona · Winsley · Lennie

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