Winston

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Winston is ranked 405th among boys in 2024 (797 births). Its best rank was 234th, in 1941.

Rank in 2024: #405down 7 from 2023
Births in 2024: 7970.05% of boys
Peak year: 2019860 births
Best rank: #234in 1941
Since 1880: 31,961people given the name

Babies named Winston, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

31,961 boys have been named Winston in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 860 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1981, and the 2010s alone account for 17%. It has spent 138 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)

By decade

Decade	boys named Winston
1880s	42
1890s	90
1900s	195
1910s	1,428
1920s	2,330
1930s	1,857
1940s	3,683
1950s	2,534
1960s	1,956
1970s	1,668
1980s	1,990
1990s	2,520
2000s	2,339
2010s	5,486
2020s	3,843

In 2019, its biggest year

Winston was the 372nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2019 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. See all of 2019.

Names that rose and fell with Winston

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.