Winnie
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About Winnie
This pet form of such names as Winifred and Edwina and Gwendolyn has loads of vintage charm, a la Millie and Maisie, with a decidedly winning vibe. And it just got celebrity cred as the baby daughter of Jimmy Fallon.
Winnie had been used regularly on its own in the U.S. through the early 1950's and has a number of varied namesakes. There's the Pooh, of course, and also Winnie Mandela, former wife of South African President Nelson; Winnie Cooper, the charming girlfriend of the young hero on The Wonder Years--whose given name was Gwendolyn; Winifred "Winnie" Foster, a main character in the childhood classic Tuck Everlasting; and it was also a nickname for Winston Churchill.
Pronounced WIN-ee.
As of October 2026, Winnie ranked #475 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #162 in 1881, Nameberry popularity #293.
Editor's take: The name Winnie is a girl's name of English origin meaning "holy peacemaking, gentle friend".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,408 | 163 | 91.2 |
| 2015 | #1,188 | 213 | 119.3 |
| 2016 | #1,096 | 235 | 132.6 |
| 2017 | #1,004 | 259 | 150 |
| 2018 | #1,007 | 258 | 151.7 |
| 2019 | #812 | 337 | 200.8 |
| 2020 | #769 | 353 | 218.4 |
| 2021 | #692 | 418 | 254.7 |
| 2022 | #592 | 506 | 308.5 |
| 2023 | #609 | 489 | 304.8 |
| 2024 | #550 | 551 | 340.1 |
| 2025 | #475 | 646 | 401.9 |
World rankings
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Winnie on lists
Famous Winnies
- Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe "Winnie" Madikizela
Mandela, South African politician, ex,wife of South African President Nelson Mandela
- Winnie Holzman
American TV writer and playwright
- Winifred Margaret 'Winnie' Ewing
Scottish politician
- Winifred "Winnie" Mason Shaw
Scottish tennis player
- Winnie Harlow
American model with vitiligo
- Winnie Rose Fallon (b. 2013)
daughter of comedian Jimmy Fallon
Winnie in pop culture
- Winnie the Pooh
male bear in A.A. Milne's books and the Disney franchise
- Gwendolyn "Winnie" Cooper
character on TV's "The Wonder Years"
- Winifred "Winnie" Foster
main character in book/movie/musical "Tuck Everlasting"
- Winifred "Winnie" Rose
character on the TV series "Anne with an E"
- Winnie Tibideaux
Sondra and Elvin's baby girl on "The Cosby Show"
- Winnipeg "Winnie
" real female black bear at the London Zoo, inspiration for Winnie the Pooh
- Winnie Oh
teacher on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
- Winnie
reoccurring character on "Flashpoint"
- Winnie
Felicity's mother in "The Romeo and Juliet Code" by Phoebe Stone
- Winnie
the Werewolf's daughter in the movie 'Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School'
- Winifred “Winnie” Sanderson
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