How Many People Are Named Wynette?
An estimated 616 people in the United States have the first name Wynette. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 61 years old, and Wynette peaked in popularity in 1970 with 39 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Wynette 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 Wynette paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
616
About 1 in 556,419 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
61
years old
Peak Year
1970
39 births
Total Registered
956
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Wynette
Wynette is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 956 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Wynette as a female name
Ranked #15,557 in 1992
5 female births in 1992
Peak: 1970 (39 births)
Wynette: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Wynette span from the 1910s to the 1990s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 223 babies were registered. Wynette has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Wynette by Decade
How has Wynette 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.
Wynette + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Wynette as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Wynette
Other first names starting with W with a similar number of bearers.
Wynette: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Wynette?
We estimate approximately 616 people named Wynette 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 556,419 Americans share this first name.
Is Wynette a common name?
Wynette is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 86.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 956 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Wynette most popular?
Wynette reached peak popularity in 1970, when 39 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Wynette is approximately 61 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Wynette a female name?
Wynette is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Wynette Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Wynette Smith, Wynette Johnson, Wynette 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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