Winona
Top 1000
About Winona
Rode two rockets to fame, with actress Winona Ryder and singer Wynonna Judd. Winona entered the Top 1000 for the first time since 1957 this past year in 2022, following in the footsteps of trending short form Winnie.
Pronounced wi-NO-nuh.
As of October 2026, Winona ranked #627 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #407 in 1931, Nameberry popularity #573.
Editor's take: The name Winona is a girl's name of Sioux origin meaning "firstborn daughter".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,096 | 37 | 20.7 |
| 2015 | #4,065 | 37 | 20.7 |
| 2016 | #2,592 | 69 | 38.9 |
| 2017 | #2,381 | 77 | 44.6 |
| 2018 | #2,046 | 96 | 56.4 |
| 2019 | #1,664 | 127 | 75.7 |
| 2020 | #1,421 | 154 | 95.3 |
| 2021 | #1,300 | 175 | 106.7 |
| 2022 | #980 | 270 | 164.6 |
| 2023 | #880 | 306 | 190.7 |
| 2024 | #738 | 381 | 235.2 |
| 2025 | #627 | 466 | 289.9 |
World rankings
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Winona on lists
Famous Winonas
- Winona Ryder (born Winona Laura Horowitz)
American actress
- Winona LaDuke
American Indian activist
- Winona Oak
Swedish singer,songwriter
- Winona Sammon
birth name of Peggy Shannon, American actress
- Winona Kapuailohiamanonokalani Desha Beamer
American hula dancer
Winona in pop culture
- Winona or Wenonah
legendary Dakota Sioux girl said to have leaped to her death from Maiden Rock, Wisconsin, USA
- Winona Hawkins
character on TV's "Justified"
- Winona Kirk
mother of Captain James Kirk in the Star Trek series
- Winona
character on an episode of TV's "Seinfeld"
- Winona
flying,type gym leader in the Pokemon games and anime
- "She's My Winona
" a song by Fall Out Boy
- Winona
Minnesota, USA
- Winona Meadows
character in the Addicted Series
- Wynonna Earp
title character in TV show Wynonna Earp
- Winona
character in video game “Don’t Starve”