Winston is a distinctive girls' name in United States, ranking #11019 in 2024 with 9 recorded births. This places Winston in the bottom 38% of ranked US girls' names for the year. Its actual usage is classified as Rare. The name reached its all-time peak in 2020 with 12 births ranking #8916. In 2024, approximately 1 in every 179,243 girls born was named Winston. RISING Recent data shows the name is currently rising.
Winston is an English surname name with more than one possible source. Behind the Name says it may come either from the Old English given name Wynnstan or from place names meaning "town belonging to Wine".
The name gained enormous visibility through Winston Churchill and also carries literary associations through Winston Smith in 1984. Its modern impression is classic and statesmanlike, even though the precise earliest route is not pinned down to one source.