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Wynne vs Wynonna

American parents have registered 1,877 Wynnes since 1880, against 532 Wynonnas. But in 2025 it was Wynonna that was commoner, 63 babies to 32.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Wynne against Wynonna, 1880 to 2025 0 20 40 60 80 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Wynne Wynonna

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 107 years in which either name was published, Wynne for 97 years and Wynonna for 10 years. The lead changed hands 7 times.

Side by side

  Wynne Wynonna
Total US births 1,877532
Most in one year 4767
Babies in 2025 3263
Estimated living today 1,500530
Median age today 384
Peak year 20192024
Best rank 3,337th girls2,607th girls
Rank in 2025 4,352nd2,719th
First recorded 19041985
Girls / boys 1,710 / 167532 / 0

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 Wynnes alive today are over 38; half the Wynonnas are over 4. That is 34 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

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: Wynne and Wynonna.