How Many People Are Named Winsley?
An estimated 243 people in the United States have the first name Winsley. It is predominantly female (97.5%). The average bearer is 5 years old, and Winsley peaked in popularity in 2024 with 47 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Winsley as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Winsley paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
243
About 1 in 1,410,512 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
97.5% confidence
Average Age
5
years old
Peak Year
2024
47 births
Total Registered
244
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Winsley
Winsley is predominantly female (97.5%), though 6 male births have been registered. It functions as a unisex name for a small percentage of bearers.
Winsley as a male name
Ranked #12,413 in 2009
6 male births in 2009
Peak: 2009 (6 births)
Winsley as a female name
Ranked #3,373 in 2024
47 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (47 births)
Winsley: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Winsley span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2020s, when 165 babies were registered. Winsley remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Winsley by Decade
How has Winsley tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Winsley + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Winsley as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Winsley
Other first names starting with W with a similar number of bearers.
Winsley: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Winsley?
We estimate approximately 243 people named Winsley are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,410,512 Americans share this first name.
Is Winsley a common name?
Winsley is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 76.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 244 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Winsley most popular?
Winsley reached peak popularity in 2024, when 47 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Winsley is approximately 5 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Winsley a female name?
Winsley is predominantly female. 97.5% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Winsley Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Winsley Smith, Winsley Johnson, Winsley Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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