Name meaning & stats
Winona
Winona means “firstborn daughter” (Dakota origin). 6,428 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“firstborn daughter”
DakotaWell documented
From a place name.
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
6,428 US babies were named Winona between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Winona (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 73% of the family
- Winona 73%
- Wynona 21%
- Wynonna 6%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)