Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Winona

Gender

Male

Origin

Native American
First born daughter (Sioux)
German
Peaceful friend
Welsh
Variant of Guenievere

Syllables

3

Themes

  • Exotic

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Winona

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #627, 466 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
2025466
2024381
2023306
2022270
2021175
2020154
2019127
201896
201777
201669

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #1036, 33 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1315, 24 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202524
202433
202323
202224
202112
20209
20197
20185
201711
20167

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2001 (rank #1274, 21 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3528, 6 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20236
20227
20215
20204
20198
20186
2017–
20167
20153
20144

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #545, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
20226
20215
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence