Wynette vs Wynne
American parents have registered 1,877 Wynnes since 1880, against 956 Wynettes. Wynne is still ahead, with 32 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Wynette Wynne
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 113 years in which either name was published, Wynne for 83 years and Wynette for 30 years. The lead changed hands 20 times.
- 1904–1920 Wynne ahead
- 1921–1925 Wynette ahead
- 1932–1934 Wynne ahead
- 1935–1937 Wynette ahead
- 1942–1962 Wynne ahead
- 1963–1978 Wynette ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1983–2025 Wynne ahead
13 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Wynette | Wynne | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 956 | 1,877 |
| Most in one year | 39 | 47 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 32 |
| Estimated living today | 680 | 1,500 |
| Median age today | 58 | 38 |
| Peak year | 1970 | 2019 |
| Best rank | 2,081st girls | 3,337th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 4,352nd |
| First recorded | 1914 | 1904 |
| Girls / boys | 956 / 0 | 1,710 / 167 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Wynettes alive today are over 58; half the Wynnes are over 38. That is 20 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Wynette Georgia (30.8×)
- Wynne Pennsylvania (4.4×), New York (3.7×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Wynette and Wynne.