Winnie

Meaning: Blessed stream
Origin: Welsh — Short form of Winifred

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

Popularity over time

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.

Across the states

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

Around the world

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#117 in England & Wales (2025) · #126 in Scotland (2025) · #231 in N. Ireland (2025) · #450 in New Zealand (2025) · #477 in Canada (2025) · #608 in Ireland (2025) · #2,203 in Sweden (2025) · #3,679 in Austria (2025) · #7,317 in France (2025) · #23,386 in Italy (2024) · #3,983 in Ecuador (2024) · #1,101 in Belgium (1995).

Famous Winnies

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela — South African activist and politician (1936–2018)
Winnie Harlow — Canadian fashion model (born 1994)
Winnie Holzman — American dramatist, screenwriter, and poet (born 1954)
Winnie Byanyima — 20th and 21st-century Ugandan aeronautical engineer, politician and diplomat (born 1959)
Winnie Odinga — Kenyan politician (born 1990)

In stories & tradition

Winnie Woodpecker^ko — Woody Woodpecker character
Winnie Foster — Tuck Everlasting (book)
Winnie Fairfax — The New Aladdin (musical stage work)

What Winnies become

Among 184 notable people named Winnie:

Entertainers appear 2.14× more often than among typical names — e.g. Winnie Harlow, Canadian fashion model (born 1994).

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

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