Winfield vs Winfred
American parents have registered 10,455 Winfreds since 1880, against 5,214 Winfields. But in 2025 it was Winfield that was commoner, 8 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Winfield Winfred
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 145 years in which either name was published, Winfred for 98 years and Winfield for 47 years. The lead changed hands 14 times.
- 1880–1907 Winfield ahead
- 1912–1998 Winfred ahead, apart from one short spell
- 2001–2004 Winfield ahead
- 2005–2013 Winfred ahead
- 2014–2025 Winfield ahead, apart from one short spell
8 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Winfield | Winfred | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 5,214 | 10,455 |
| Most in one year | 125 | 260 |
| Babies in 2025 | 8 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 1,500 | 3,600 |
| Median age today | 62 | 66 |
| Peak year | 1916 | 1922 |
| Best rank | 505th boys | 387th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 8,910th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 5,214 | 351 / 10,104 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Winfreds alive today are over 66; half the Winfields are over 62. That is 4 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Winfield Maine (12.6×), Pennsylvania (6.8×), New Jersey (4.7×)
- Winfred Arkansas (6.0×), North Carolina (5.0×), Alabama (4.5×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Winfield and Winfred.