Winton
Winton is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Winton
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Winton is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Winton
American parents first put Winton on the record books as a baby boy name in 1892, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1920, when 78 Wintons were born — ranking #739 that year. About 26% of every Winton on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Winton last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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About the name Winton
Winton is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1892 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Winton's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #739. Use the chart and map above to compare Winton's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.