girls:
191 births since 2017
#5525 (3rd percentile)
boys:
6 births since 2009
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
197 births since 2009
#7542 (3rd percentile)
The name Winsley is the #7,542 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 197 recorded births since 2009. This represents the 2.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,525 (3.3% percentile) for all time with 191 births since 2017. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 2009.
Winsley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2009 (2009 for boys and 2017 for girls). Birth data for Winsley is available in 8 out of the 15 years between 2009 and 2023 (7 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Winsley has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.0% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 2017, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 2009 to 2016), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 2017 to 2023).
For girls, Winsley reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #927) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 21 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Winsley is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #917 (3.2% percentile) with 20 births per million.
For boys, Winsley reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #900) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2009.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Winsley".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Winsley. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.2% confident that Winsley is pronounced as WIH-nzlee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is WIHN-slee, at 12.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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