Winona
A girls’ name of Lakota origin, meaning firstborn daughter.
Babies a year
24
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#627
up from #738
UK popularity
#1315
24 babies
How Winona has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2022 | #980 |
| 2023 | #881 |
| 2024 | #738 |
| 2025 | #627 |
Winona by the numbers
In 2025, 24 babies in England and Wales were named Winona. In the US, 75 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 289 babies in 1924, making it a 1920s name.
At its height, in 1925, about 1 in 4,700 American girls born that year was called Winona.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Winona. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Wynonafirstborn daughter; a form of Winona11 in the US (2017)
- Wintonsettlement by a pasture or meadow8 in the US (2017)
- Winnifriend; a diminutive of winona or winifred3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Wenonahfirst daughter or maiden6 in the US (2017)
- Wynonna20 in the US (2017)
- Winta3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Winona
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