Included spellings have at least 100 published 2025 female records. The page lists up to 100, highest count first. Letters with fewer than 10 qualifying spellings are not given a page. Download this list (CSV)

2025 female records.
Rank	Name	2025 count	Change since 2024
44	Willow	4,763	Up 91
159	Wrenley	1,858	Down 132
231	Wren	1,331	Down 113
358	Wrenlee	851	Down 26
422	Willa	742	Up 9
426	Winter	732	Down 87
457	Wynter	676	Down 77
475	Winnie	646	Up 92
627	Winona	466	Up 82
677	Whitley	420	Up 3
685	Wrenleigh	414	Up 93
923	Winifred	284	Up 39
1,028	Waverly	244	Down 49
1,046	Whitney	238	No change
1,169	Winslow	199	Up 51
1,205	Wrenly	189	Down 18
1,347	Wendy	165	Down 60
1,483	Wyatt	145	Down 53
1,517	Wilhelmina	141	Up 29
1,524	Winry	140	Up 1
1,709	Wynn	120	Up 21
1,806	Wateen	112	Up 39
1,832	Winsley	110	Up 62
1,926	Wesley	101	Up 14

Rising spellings with 100–499 2025 records

These W spellings grew from 2021 to 2025 and stayed under 500 published female records. A missing 2021 observation is skipped, not treated as zero.

Growth since 2021.
Name	2025 count	2021 count	Ratio
Wateen	112	11	10.18×
Wrenleigh	414	98	4.22×
Winsley	110	33	3.33×
Winslow	199	64	3.11×
Winona	466	175	2.66×
Wrenly	189	111	1.70×
Wyatt	145	89	1.63×
Wynn	120	86	1.40×
Whitley	420	320	1.31×
Winifred	284	235	1.21×

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