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Wynne vs Wynston

American parents have registered 1,877 Wynnes since 1880, against 716 Wynstons. But in 2025 it was Wynston that was commoner, 39 babies to 32.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Wynne against Wynston, 1880 to 2025 0 15 30 45 60 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Wynne Wynston

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 106 years in which either name was published, Wynne for 95 years and Wynston for 11 years. The lead changed hands 9 times.

Side by side

  Wynne Wynston
Total US births 1,877716
Most in one year 4756
Babies in 2025 3239
Estimated living today 1,500710
Median age today 388
Peak year 20192023
Best rank 3,337th girls2,416th boys
Rank in 2025 4,352nd3,089th
First recorded 19041989
Girls / boys 1,710 / 1675 / 711

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 Wynstons are over 8. That is 30 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Wynne and Wynston.