Wynn
Feminine · “joy”
Wynn is given to both — 1,486 girls and 2,631 boys since 1880. See Wynn as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Wynn is joy in Old English — wynn, a genuine word, and also the name of a letter the Anglo-Saxons used for the w sound before English adopted the double u.
How old is the name Wynn?
Wynn first appears in US birth records in 1940 — 85 years ago. The typical Wynn is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,400 people named Wynn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Wynn most popular?
Wynn peaked in 2025, reaching #1703 nationally. Today it ranks #1703, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
Where it comes from
From wynn to Wynn
The story of Wynn
The wynn rune served English writing for four centuries before printers, who had no such letter in their continental fonts, gave it up for uu. The word survives in 'winsome', which is wynn plus -some. Separately, Wyn is a Welsh name from gwyn, 'white' or 'blessed'. Wynn appears in American records for both sexes in current use.
Meaning
joy, delight
From the Old English wynn, 'joy' or 'delight'. It was also the name of a runic letter, ƿ, used in Old English manuscripts for the w sound; scribes replaced it with the double u after the conquest. The word is genuine and both facts are documented.
How the name formed
- wynn
- Wynn
Related forms: Wyn · Win · Gwyn
Pronouncing Wynn
WIN
One syllable. Wynn and Win are homophones; only the spelling differs.
Nicknames for Wynn
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
- 1940
- Most girls named
- 2025120 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1703reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +21.2%120 in 2025, from 99
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.
Wynn in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Wyn in Welsh — related form
- Win in English — spelling variant
- Gwyn in Welsh — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Wisconsin.
Wynns among us
people named Wynn are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 13,394 born in 2025 was named Wynn
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Linh test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Wynn's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Linh climbed just as high around 1984, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Linh's path sketches the road Wynn is walking now.
Wynn is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Wynn is headed
Wynn looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 18% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Wynn beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Wynn in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The joy meaning is transparent and the word is genuine Old English.
- The runic letter story is a first-rate piece of English writing history.
- Winnie is available as a short form that is fashionable again.
- It is a homophone of the ordinary English verb 'win'.
- The Welsh Wyn is a separate name with a different meaning.
- It is thoroughly unisex and very short.
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Frequently asked
- How many Wynns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Wynn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Wynn in 2025?
- Wynn ranks #1703 among US girl names in 2025, with 120 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Wynn?
- About 1 in every 13,394 US girls born in 2025 was named Wynn — 120 in all.
- Will my child share the name Wynn with classmates?
- Wynn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Wynn
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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