Wynton
Wynton or Winton is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:Wynton Bernard, American baseball player Wynton Hall, American non-fiction writer and journalist Winton C.
Meaning & Origin of Wynton
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Wynton or Winton is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:Wynton Bernard, American baseball player Wynton Hall, American non-fiction writer and journalist Winton C.
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The Story of Wynton
The earliest SSA record of Wynton as a baby boy name dates back to 1960, when 8 babies received it. 1986 was its biggest year on record, with 28 newborns named Wynton — #2,057 in the national rankings. About 30% of every Wynton on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Wynton last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 547 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Wynton
Wynton is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1960 and has accumulated 547 births in the dataset. Wynton's peak popularity came in 1986 when it ranked #2,057. Use the chart and map above to compare Wynton'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 .
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