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Baby name
Winona
Girl
Origin of the name
Winona comes from the Dakota Winúna, “first-born daughter.”
Rising name
12,953births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 627rank at its peak, in 2025
Where babies named Winona are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Winona is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Winona is most common in Hawaii (15.4 times), Oklahoma (3.3) and Kansas (3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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