Wynna

Girls' name

Joy, delight

Wynna has been given to 7 babies in the U.S. since 1961. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1961, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Wynna, 1961

1 in 592,000

Wynna over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Wynna: meaning, origin, and history

Joy, delight

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Wynna means

Wynna means “joy, delight”, associated with wynn.

Origin, language, and formation

Wynna is used in Old English.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Old English, Wynna is pronounced /ˈwyn.nɑ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7 girls were recorded with the name Wynna between 1961 and 1961. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1961; its best national rank was #5,842 in 1961.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Wynna?

Wynna had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1961, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1961: 1 in 592,000; 7 of 4,142,426 births
Among girls only: 1 in 288,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1961: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 410,188 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Wynna sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1961 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 410,188 children born in 1961 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Wynna. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Wynnas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Wynna was born before 1961 — so the typical Wynna is around 64 today.

Median birth year: 1961; About 64 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 7; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (7).

Is Wynna rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1961 (7)
Years since peak: 64; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #5,842; 1961

Spellings of Wynna

Wynna is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 32.7% against Wynna's <0.01%.

Anna32.7%914,859
Donna29.7%831,641
Wanda10.1%281,214
Lynn6.5%182,387
Jenna5.3%148,587
Lynda2.8%77,979
Lynne2.2%61,957
Hanna1.5%42,005

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Wynna by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,842; 1961
Peak year: 1961; 7 that year
First recorded: 1961
Last recorded: 1961
All-time count: 7
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Wynna

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Wynlee Wyndham Wynda Wyntr Wynterr Wynonna Wynslee Wynrie Wynoma Wyndie Wyndee Xionna Wynde Wynnona Jynna Xanna Wyndy Fanna Banna Aonna Wynisha Wynnell Wynonah Wynston

Sibling names for Wynna

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jeanetta Juli Carleen Mimi Juliann Danita Lorri Donita

For a brother

Mitch Art Toney Lenny Lindsay Tod Rod Monty

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