Wynter
Wynter was the 457th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 676 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 343rd with 934 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 324 places. More babies were named Wynter in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Winter) winter (the season) · English, Germanic
- Rank in 2025
- #457 girls, down 81 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 676girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2021934 babies
- Total since 1880
- 10,977babies recorded
What does the name Wynter mean?
Wynter is a spelling of Winter, pronounced the same way, so it shares Winter's meaning and origin.
Winter is the name of the season, used as a word name for girls in the US. As a surname and medieval first name its history is mixed: Bardsley and Harrison treat it as a season name used for people, perhaps for someone born in winter, while DMNES lists a separate German name Winither, from Winida, "Wend", and heri, "army", which later took the form Winter. The modern given name is the English word.
winter (Old English, “winter”)
How sure is this? Probable. The modern word name is clear; older surname origins vary.
Related names: Wynter, Summer.
See also: English names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Winter', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (1901), s.v. 'Winter', Henry Frowde (public domain; Internet Archive scan)
- Henry Harrison, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, vol. 2 (1918), s.v. 'WINTER', Morland Press (public domain; Internet Archive scan)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (ed. S. L. Uckelman), Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Winter', DMNES, Durham University
- Dictionary.com Unabridged (based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary), with Collins English Dictionary, s.v. 'winter', Dictionary.com / Random House / HarperCollins
- CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (cmudict), Carnegie Mellon University
Wynter popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 249 since 1979, 17 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #457 | 676 |
| 2020 | #376 | 825 |
| 2010 | #1,366 | 171 |
| 2000 | #1,868 | 92 |
| 1990 | #3,359 | 33 |
| 1980 | #1,691 | 68 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Wynter, counting every spelling?
Wynter is a spelling of Winter, a name family that ranked #240 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #457 for Wynter on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,423 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 732 | #426 | 4,448 |
| Wynter | 676 | #457 | 4,057 |
| Wynnter | 10 | #10,069 | 59 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Wynter?
676 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Wynter (0.19 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Wynter born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 12 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Wynter.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Wynter?
About 10,600 people born in the US named Wynter are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 4 and 14. That makes Wynter a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Wynter by state
How common Wynter was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in District of Columbia (4.4×), Mississippi (4.2×), Louisiana (3.2×), Georgia (3.2×), South Carolina (2.9×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Utah, Oregon, Washington.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Wynter: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Wynter, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Wynter
What does Wynter mean?
Wynter is a spelling of Winter, which means “winter (the season)” (English, Germanic origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Wynter?
Wynter was the 457th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 676 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 343rd with 934 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 324 places. More babies were named Wynter in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Wynter a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Wynter in the US.
Where is Wynter most popular?
In 2021–2025, Wynter was most common in District of Columbia (2.19 per 1,000 girls), followed by Mississippi and Louisiana.