Winner

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 27 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
27
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Winner by the numbers

Winner was given to 27 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Winner

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Winner. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Winterthe cold season; modern seasonal name741 in the US (2017)
  • Wilderwild; untamed; from an occupational surname505 in the US (2017)
  • Wynterwinter season; modern spelling of Winter489 in the US (2017)
  • Wilmerresolute and famous; wilful desire and mær renown81 in the US (2017)
  • Wynnejoy; blessed friend; a form of Wynn35 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Winner

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