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Winston Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Winston?

The somewhat popular name Winston was the 402nd Most Popular Boys Name in the United States in 2018.

This top 500 contender has seen rankings outside of the top 1000.

Position 234, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1941.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 2018 with 787 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Winston was less than 5, most recently in 1885.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Winston occurred roughly during the years 1895-1898, 1902-1908, 1909-1915, 1918-1921, 1936-1941, 1982-1985, 1986-1990, and 2009-2017, whereas 1955-1958, and 1965-1968 were years of successive downward movement.

Where is the name Winston popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at or near its highest point.

The popularity trend for Winston has been soaring upward for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Winston lately has risen significantly.

The name Winston still has a solid footing and will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Winston (Girl)Winston (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 7 13,622 787 402
2017 8 12,625 781 405
2016 < 5 -- 648 472
2015 < 5 -- 549 524
2014 < 5 -- 518 538
2013 < 5 -- 393 625
2012 < 5 -- 399 614
2011 < 5 -- 305 745
2010 < 5 -- 238 880
2009 < 5 -- 270 821
2008 < 5 -- 270 813
2007 < 5 -- 239 870
2006 < 5 -- 225 878
2005 < 5 -- 244 794
2004 < 5 -- 215 830
2003 < 5 -- 196 876
2002 < 5 -- 218 793
2001 < 5 -- 213 795
2000 < 5 -- 249 704
1999 < 5 -- 264 658
1998 < 5 -- 210 762
1997 < 5 -- 206 738
1996 < 5 -- 247 669
1995 < 5 -- 243 680
1994 < 5 -- 244 664
1993 < 5 -- 255 647
1992 < 5 -- 278 620
1991 < 5 -- 290 598
1990 < 5 -- 282 595
1989 < 5 -- 253 626
1988 < 5 -- 226 634
1987 6 11,281 222 608
1986 < 5 -- 192 645
1985 8 8,302 223 590
1984 < 5 -- 185 629
1983 < 5 -- 152 696
1982 < 5 -- 177 655
1981 < 5 -- 179 636
1980 < 5 -- 177 654
1979 < 5 -- 153 692
1978 < 5 -- 172 641
1977 < 5 -- 181 626
1976 < 5 -- 149 677
1975 < 5 -- 161 643
1974 < 5 -- 145 677
1973 < 5 -- 159 628
1972 < 5 -- 162 618
1971 < 5 -- 208 565
1970 < 5 -- 179 610
1969 < 5 -- 190 570
1968 < 5 -- 161 600
1967 6 6,789 187 546
1966 < 5 -- 208 529
1965 < 5 -- 232 501
1964 < 5 -- 198 563
1963 < 5 -- 208 552
1962 < 5 -- 177 587
1961 < 5 -- 206 550
1960 < 5 -- 190 566
1959 < 5 -- 197 554
1958 < 5 -- 194 554
1957 < 5 -- 256 489
1956 < 5 -- 270 460
1955 < 5 -- 283 437
1954 < 5 -- 271 442
1953 6 5,663 261 443
1952 < 5 -- 262 433
1951 < 5 -- 251 429
1950 < 5 -- 290 399
1949 < 5 -- 267 418
1948 < 5 -- 288 401
1947 < 5 -- 275 412
1946 7 4,409 271 395
1945 < 5 -- 271 361
1944 5 5,236 370 314
1943 < 5 -- 547 259
1942 < 5 -- 523 253
1941 < 5 -- 542 234
1940 7 3,855 329 310
1939 6 4,239 174 432
1938 < 5 -- 175 435
1937 < 5 -- 193 407
1936 < 5 -- 175 422
1935 < 5 -- 174 425
1934 < 5 -- 198 392
1933 5 4,850 182 399
1932 < 5 -- 209 388
1931 5 4,961 177 427
1930 < 5 -- 200 417
1929 < 5 -- 201 416
1928 < 5 -- 206 419
1927 < 5 -- 237 384
1926 5 5,603 230 391
1925 5 5,758 224 399
1924 < 5 -- 262 374
1923 < 5 -- 213 411
1922 < 5 -- 257 376
1921 < 5 -- 289 354
1920 5 5,747 211 405
1919 < 5 -- 208 405
1918 6 4,797 222 401
1917 < 5 -- 207 390
1916 5 5,153 194 398
1915 < 5 -- 197 381
1914 5 4,188 158 378
1913 < 5 -- 92 450
1912 < 5 -- 95 396
1911 < 5 -- 35 505
1910 < 5 -- 20 676
1909 < 5 -- 35 427
1908 < 5 -- 36 398
1907 < 5 -- 21 539
1906 < 5 -- 20 522
1905 < 5 -- 20 524
1904 < 5 -- 14 646
1903 < 5 -- 13 655
1902 < 5 -- 11 741
1901 < 5 -- 12 635
1900 < 5 -- 13 741
1899 < 5 -- 9 785
1898 < 5 -- 17 522
1897 < 5 -- 11 679
1896 < 5 -- 12 673
1895 < 5 -- 7 975
1894 < 5 -- 7 951
1893 < 5 -- 8 834
1892 < 5 -- 8 860
1891 < 5 -- 5 1,125
1890 < 5 -- 6 992
1889 < 5 -- 7 877
1888 < 5 -- 5 1,176
1887 < 5 -- 6 916
1886 < 5 -- 8 756
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- 5 1,123
1883 < 5 -- 6 887
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- 5 1,052

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.