Winifred is a distinctive choice, ranked #388 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Winifred in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#388
US Rank #967
About the Name Winifred
Winifred is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 98 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #374 in 2022 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Winifred is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
In the US it sits at #967 — notably more popular in the UK than across the Atlantic.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Winifred
Unlikely. With around 112 UK babies named Winifred per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Winifred in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Winifred is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 98 places over the last five years to #388 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Winifred is more popular in the UK (#388) than in the US (#967). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Winifred include: Winifred Addy — Winfred Addy is a Ghanaian table tennis player.; Winifred Robinson — Winifred Robinson is a BBC Radio presenter of the You and Yours programme.; Winifred Akpani — Winifred Akpani is a Nigerian businesswoman and entrepreneur recognized for her contributions to the oil and gas industry..
Winifred does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Winifreds in the wild.
112
UK babies named Winifred (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 98 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Winifred
Likely around 1 other Winifred in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2023–2023)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Winifred
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Winifred Marjorie Wagner was the English-born wife of Siegfried Wagner, the son of Richard Wagner. She ran the Bayreuth Festival after her husband's death in 1930 until the end of World War II in 1945.
Winifred Fortescue was a British writer and actress. The wife of Sir John Fortescue, librarian and archivist at Windsor Castle and reputed British Army historian, she became formally styled Winifred, Lady Fortescue, when he was knighted in 1926.
Una Winifred Atwell was a pianist and composer born in the country of Trinidad who migrated to Britain and who enjoyed great popularity in Britain and Australia from the 1950s with a series of boogie-woogie and ragtime hits, selling over 20 million records. She was the first black artist to have a number-one hit in the UK singles chart and had the first piano instrumental to reach number one in the UK singles chart, with "Let's Have Another Party" in 1954, and as of 2023, remains the only female instrumentalist to do so.
Rosa Winifred Nicholson was a British painter. She was married to the painter Ben Nicholson, and was thus the daughter-in-law of the painter William Nicholson and his wife, the painter Mabel Pryde.
Winifred Akpani is a Nigerian businesswoman and entrepreneur recognized for her contributions to the oil and gas industry. She is a Chartered Accountant and the Founder and chief executive officer of Northwest Petroleum & Gas Company Limited, an indigenous petroleum products marketing company based in Nigeria.