Meaning and history
Winfred means “friend of peace,” from the Old English elements wine “friend” and friþ “peace.” It was the birth name of the 8th-century missionary Saint Boniface. The name became rare after the Norman Conquest but was revived in the 19th century.
20042004: no US SSA record for this spelling
2005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: 11 births, rank #6,904
2007: 8 births, rank #8,915
2008: 8 births, rank #9,019
20092009: 5 births, rank #12,491
2010: 9 births, rank #8,139
2011: 7 births, rank #9,600
2012: 11 births, rank #7,050
2013: 7 births, rank #9,655
20142014: 6 births, rank #10,717
2015: no US SSA record for this spelling
2016: no US SSA record for this spelling
2017: 5 births, rank #12,246
2018: 9 births, rank #8,154
20192019: no US SSA record for this spelling
2020: 5 births, rank #12,022
2021: 5 births, rank #12,146
2022: no US SSA record for this spelling
20232023: 5 births, rank #12,239
Winfred moved from #785 to #793 for boys between 1965 and 1966. Its highest annual birth count came in 1922, with 244 births.