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Winford

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Winford is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 576th, in 1928.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1928116 births
Best rank
#576in 1928
Since 1889
4,503people given the name
Babies named Winford, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

4,503 boys have been named Winford in the United States since 1889, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1928, with 116 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 116 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1937, and the 1920s alone account for 23%. It has spent 47 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Winford
1880s6
1890s22
1900s41
1910s478
1920s1,024
1930s867
1940s745
1950s589
1960s372
1970s180
1980s120
1990s53
2000s6

In 1928, its biggest year

Winford was the 576th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1928 were Robert, John, James, William and Charles. See all of 1928.

Names that rose and fell with Winford

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.