boys:
91 births since 2014
#4495 (2nd percentile)
overall:
91 births since 2014
#7648 (1st percentile)
The name Winchester is the #7,648 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 91 recorded births since 2014. This represents the 1.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,495 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 91 births since 2014.
Winchester first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2014 (first recorded for boys in 2014).
For boys, Winchester reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #901) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Winchester is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #901 (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Winchester".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Winchester. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 79.5% confident that Winchester is pronounced as WIHN-cheh-ster, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is WIHN-chuh-ster, at 20.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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