Winfield
Masculine · “pasture field”
Winfield is an English field with a name attached — either a man's, or a word for pasture. It became a surname, and then nineteenth-century America turned it into a given name, largely on the strength of one soldier.
How old is the name Winfield?
Winfield was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Winfield alive today was born around 1929, making them about 96 years old. About 1,500 people named Winfield are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Winfield most popular?
Winfield peaked in 1880, reaching #122 nationally. Today it ranks #8910, 8,788 places below that high. See the whole 1880 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Wina + feld to Winfield
The story of Winfield
Winfield began as a place name, became a surname for the families who came from those places, and crossed to America with them. Its use as a given name in the nineteenth century owes a great deal to Winfield Scott, the general who commanded the United States Army for two decades and was known to a whole generation — American families named sons after prominent soldiers as a matter of course. The name stood in the top hundred and twenty for boys in 1880 and faded with the practice.
Meaningscholars disagree
pasture field
Two readings of the first element. It may be the Old English personal name Wina, giving 'Wina's field'. It may instead be the Old English winn, 'meadow' or 'pasture', giving a description rather than an owner. Both are standard accounts of the place names, which appear in several English counties.
How the name formed
- Wina + feld
- Winfield
Related forms: Winfred · Wingfield
Pronouncing Winfield
WIN-feeld
Two syllables, stress on the first. Both halves are ordinary English words and neither is said unexpectedly.
Nicknames for Winfield
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most boys named
- 1920120 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #122reached in 1880
- Change vs 2022
- 0.0%8 in 2025, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Winfield in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Winfred in English — related form
- Wingfield in English — spelling variant
Winfields among us
people named Winfield are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 213,510 born in 2025 was named Winfield
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Winfield sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Winfield beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Winfield in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is concrete and easy to picture, whichever of the two readings applies.
- Win is an unusually cheerful short form to have available.
- It carries a specific and documented piece of nineteenth-century American history.
- The first element is genuinely ambiguous between a person and a pasture.
- It is a long, formal-sounding name that is firmly period-coded to the 1800s.
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Frequently asked
- How many Winfields are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,500 people named Winfield are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Winfield in 2025?
- Winfield ranks #8910 among US boy names in 2025, with 8 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Winfield?
- About 1 in every 213,510 US boys born in 2025 was named Winfield — 8 in all.
- Will my child share the name Winfield with classmates?
- Winfield will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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