Storm

#1,436 for girls in 2025, 150 births · #2,108 for boys in 2025, 69 births
Given to boys 56.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1995 · 165 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,605
since 1946

Storm over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #837, 1995girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,436150#2,10869
2024#1,613129#1,86286
2023#1,506143#1,668102
2022#1,621130#1,479122
2021#1,506140#1,606106
2020#1,649125#1,568104
2019#1,913104#2,31059
2018#2,05994#1,80984
2017#1,943103#2,21760
2016#2,24785#1,73989
2015#2,40876#2,14564
2014#2,84360#2,17562
2013#3,12352#2,46150
2012#3,36448#2,20959
2011#3,99937#2,43751
2010#4,39733#2,28756
2009#3,67743#2,70245
2008#3,93640#2,46751
2007#3,24752#2,64346
2006#3,73441#2,44950
2005#3,58741#1,63583
2004#2,74259#1,83467
2003#2,57762#1,51385
2002#2,74555#1,41492
2001#2,12677#1,31699
2000#2,50860#1,32397
1999#2,70351#1,29494
1998#1,94078#1,032131
1997#2,22961#960138
1996#2,04168#949136
1995#1,78780#837165
1994#1,99970#897147
1993#2,24158#933133
1992#3,58130#892140
1991#3,72228#845151
1990#3,36432#1,013109
1989#5,54515#1,65847
1988#4,01522#1,48251
1987#6,78810#1,89633
1986#7,7498#3,88211
1985—#3,59912
1984#7,3988#3,27013
1983—#4,9077
1982—#5,0037
1981—#4,9617
1980#9,0956#4,4958
1979#9,0106#4,0689
1978#8,5626#3,8579
1977——
1976#8,1566—
1975#5,51610#4,3097
1974#6,9007#5,2275
1973#7,4356—
1972—#4,4416
1971#7,3886#4,9075
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1964#4,6369—
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1962—#3,6406
1961#5,8516—
1960—#3,6656
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1957#4,9187#3,0248
1956#4,4678#3,5356
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1954#5,7535#3,8275
1953—#3,7985
1952#4,4837#3,3736
1951#4,3857#3,7145
1950#3,23511#3,6815
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1946#4,4176#3,5255
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First appearance
1946

The first year at least five boys were named Storm! It came in at #3,525, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1948–1951, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Storm is popular in 1996

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,110 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 16,187 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedWIMichigan: #696 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 8,512 boysMINew York: #829 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 9,895 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedINOhio: #701 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 10,046 boysOHPennsylvania: #758 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 11,391 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,508 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 31,693 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedNEMissouri: #539 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,749 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedARTennessee: #447 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,299 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedHITexas: #1,290 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 22,264 boysTXFlorida: #943 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 12,127 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Tennessee#447 · 1 in 4,299
  2. Missouri#539 · 1 in 5,749
  3. Michigan#696 · 1 in 8,512
  4. Ohio#701 · 1 in 10,046
  5. Pennsylvania#758 · 1 in 11,391

Best ever in a state: #169 in Hawaii, 2022.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#44781 in 4,299
Missouri#53961 in 5,749
Michigan#69671 in 8,512
Ohio#70171 in 10,046
Pennsylvania#75861 in 11,391
New York#829121 in 9,895
Florida#94371 in 12,127
Illinois#1,11051 in 16,187
Texas#1,29071 in 22,264
California#1,50881 in 31,693
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Storm
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 246 spots since 2024 (#1,862 → #2,108)
  • 540 spots since 2020 (#1,568 → #2,108)
  • 37 spots since 2015 (#2,145 → #2,108)
  • Biggest jump: 168 spots in 1991 (#1,013 → #845)
  • Biggest drop: 112 spots in 1996 (#837 → #949)
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1946
  • Peaked 1995 at #837 (165 births)
  • Births halved by 2004, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1991–1997
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,538
  • Highest: 1 in 11,538 boys born in 1995 were named Storm (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 24,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 37.3% of all boys named Storm (1,344) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2017
  • Mostly boys until 2016, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s12#3,096 (1947)#3,311
1950s46#3,024 (1957)#3,564
1960s28#3,537 (1965)#3,859
1970s41#3,857 (1978)#4,468
1980s196#1,482 (1988)#3,515
1990s1,344#837 (1995)#965
2000s715#1,316 (2001)#1,930
2010s634#1,739 (2016)#2,179
2020s589#1,479 (2022)#1,715

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Storm in 1996

girls
#2,041
68 births · 1 in 25,780 girls
boys
#949
136 births · 1 in 13,929 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #2,041Storm68

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #949Storm136
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 25,780 of them was named Storm, which outranked 87.2% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Storm
  1. #2,014Yamilet69
  2. #2,014Yanet69
  3. #2,014Yanira69
  4. #2,041Storm68
  5. #2,041Annamaria68
  6. #2,041Ashten68
  7. #2,041Ashtin68
  8. #2,058Ambar67
  9. #2,058Anastacia67
  10. #2,058Anthony67

Tied with 16 names at #2,041; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 13,929 of them was named Storm, which outranked 91.0% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Storm
  1. #945Eliezer137
  2. #945Rico137
  3. #945Spenser137
  4. #949Storm136
  5. #949Abdul136
  6. #949Alton136
  7. #949Armand136
  8. #955Alek135
  9. #955Jamaal135
  10. #955Justen135

Tied with 5 names at #949; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1996 →