Fun Facts About the Name Winslow
- More than 2 thousand babies named Winslow: U.S. records list 2,723 babies given the name Winslow from 1880 through 2025. Even 935 girls received the name Winslow - about 1 girl for every 2 boys.
What Does the Name Winslow Mean?
Winslow is an English place name used as a given name. It comes from Old English and means "Wine's hill" or "Wine's burial mound." The first element is the Old English personal name Wine; the second is hlāw (also written hlaw), which can mean a hill, a mound, or a burial mound. The compound literally identifies a hill or barrow associated with a person named Wine.
The personal name Wine is conventionally connected with the Old English common noun wine, meaning "friend" or "protector," but in the place name it functions as a personal name. The second element is not the modern English word slow, and the name is not formed from modern English win.
Winslow Name History & Origins
The name comes from the town of Winslow in Buckinghamshire, England. The place name was formed in Old English, before the Norman Conquest, by combining the personal name Wine with hlāw. The Buckinghamshire place is recorded in Domesday Book in 1086, and the modern spelling Winslow developed later in the Middle English period.
The surname Winslow developed from the place name. English locative surnames became hereditary between the 12th and 15th centuries, and Winslow belongs to that group. The surname spread beyond Buckinghamshire; Edward Winslow (1595 - 1655), a Mayflower passenger and later governor of Plymouth Colony, was born in Worcestershire and bore the surname.
As a first name, Winslow is mainly a transferred use of the surname, especially in the United States. The painter Winslow Homer (1836 - 1910) is a well-known American bearer. The surname is also known from the family in Terence Rattigan's 1946 play The Winslow Boy, but that is a literary use, not the origin of the name.
How Popular is the Name Winslow?
Winslow has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #1,091 in 1907.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,169 | 199 | 0.0124% |
| 2024 | #1,476 | 148 | 0.0092% |
| 2023 | #1,722 | 120 | 0.0075% |
| 2022 | #2,190 | 87 | 0.0053% |
| 2021 | #2,710 | 64 | 0.0039% |
| 2020 | #3,057 | 53 | 0.0033% |
| 2019 | #3,217 | 50 | 0.0030% |
| 2018 | #3,394 | 47 | 0.0028% |
| 2017 | #3,992 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 2016 | #4,983 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2015 | #5,648 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2014 | #4,763 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2013 | #8,123 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2012 | #16,738 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #10,350 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #19,687 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #11,411 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,878 | 44 | 0.0026% |
| 2024 | #2,776 | 47 | 0.0027% |
| 2023 | #3,336 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 2022 | #2,645 | 51 | 0.0029% |
| 2021 | #3,999 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2020 | #3,268 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2019 | #4,474 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2018 | #3,602 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2017 | #3,985 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2016 | #5,117 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2015 | #4,701 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2014 | #5,055 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #7,519 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #5,469 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2011 | #8,043 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #5,237 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2009 | #8,955 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #7,677 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 2007 | #7,561 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #5,513 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #11,416 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #9,900 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #9,358 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #7,386 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #11,269 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #7,260 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #8,976 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #10,286 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #5,854 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #5,761 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1992 | #9,786 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #3,628 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1990 | #6,392 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #6,210 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #4,154 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1987 | #4,566 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #3,875 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1985 | #4,683 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1984 | #3,692 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1983 | #3,625 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1982 | #4,988 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #3,212 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1980 | #3,836 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #6,743 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #3,833 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1976 | #4,405 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #3,555 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1973 | #4,495 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1972 | #3,338 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1971 | #3,366 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1970 | #3,278 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1969 | #3,310 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1968 | #3,359 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1967 | #1,972 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1966 | #2,463 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1965 | #2,777 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1964 | #2,659 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1963 | #2,668 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1962 | #2,666 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1961 | #1,777 | 22 | 0.0010% |
| 1960 | #2,035 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1959 | #2,528 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1958 | #1,836 | 20 | 0.0009% |
| 1957 | #2,187 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1956 | #2,013 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1955 | #2,302 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1954 | #1,824 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1953 | #1,675 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 1952 | #2,673 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1951 | #2,242 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1950 | #1,655 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1949 | #2,224 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1948 | #2,217 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1947 | #2,074 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1946 | #1,810 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1945 | #1,630 | 18 | 0.0013% |
| 1944 | #2,194 | 12 | 0.0009% |
| 1943 | #2,179 | 13 | 0.0009% |
| 1942 | #2,038 | 14 | 0.0010% |
| 1941 | #1,901 | 15 | 0.0012% |
| 1940 | #3,125 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1939 | #1,710 | 17 | 0.0015% |
| 1938 | #1,687 | 18 | 0.0016% |
| 1937 | #2,087 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1936 | #2,848 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1935 | #1,707 | 18 | 0.0017% |
| 1934 | #2,018 | 14 | 0.0014% |
| 1933 | #1,768 | 17 | 0.0017% |
| 1932 | #1,713 | 19 | 0.0018% |
| 1931 | #2,000 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1930 | #1,532 | 24 | 0.0022% |
| 1929 | #1,609 | 22 | 0.0020% |
| 1928 | #1,758 | 20 | 0.0018% |
| 1927 | #2,029 | 17 | 0.0015% |
| 1926 | #1,658 | 22 | 0.0020% |
| 1925 | #1,678 | 22 | 0.0020% |
| 1924 | #1,488 | 27 | 0.0024% |
| 1923 | #1,549 | 25 | 0.0023% |
| 1922 | #1,589 | 24 | 0.0022% |
| 1921 | #1,546 | 25 | 0.0023% |
| 1920 | #1,692 | 22 | 0.0021% |
| 1919 | #1,692 | 21 | 0.0021% |
| 1918 | #1,595 | 23 | 0.0023% |
| 1917 | #1,262 | 30 | 0.0032% |
| 1916 | #1,263 | 29 | 0.0033% |
| 1915 | #1,370 | 25 | 0.0029% |
| 1914 | #1,542 | 17 | 0.0026% |
| 1913 | #1,576 | 13 | 0.0025% |
| 1912 | #1,350 | 14 | 0.0033% |
| 1911 | #1,736 | 6 | 0.0027% |
| 1909 | #1,439 | 6 | 0.0037% |
| 1907 | #1,091 | 8 | 0.0054% |
| 1906 | #1,410 | 5 | 0.0038% |
| 1900 | #1,306 | 6 | 0.0040% |
| 1897 | #1,224 | 5 | 0.0044% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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