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
- Peak · boys
- 1995 · 165 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,605since 1946
Storm over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,436 | 150 | #2,108 | 69 |
| 2024 | #1,613 | 129 | #1,862 | 86 |
| 2023 | #1,506 | 143 | #1,668 | 102 |
| 2022 | #1,621 | 130 | #1,479 | 122 |
| 2021 | #1,506 | 140 | #1,606 | 106 |
| 2020 | #1,649 | 125 | #1,568 | 104 |
| 2019 | #1,913 | 104 | #2,310 | 59 |
| 2018 | #2,059 | 94 | #1,809 | 84 |
| 2017 | #1,943 | 103 | #2,217 | 60 |
| 2016 | #2,247 | 85 | #1,739 | 89 |
| 2015 | #2,408 | 76 | #2,145 | 64 |
| 2014 | #2,843 | 60 | #2,175 | 62 |
| 2013 | #3,123 | 52 | #2,461 | 50 |
| 2012 | #3,364 | 48 | #2,209 | 59 |
| 2011 | #3,999 | 37 | #2,437 | 51 |
| 2010 | #4,397 | 33 | #2,287 | 56 |
| 2009 | #3,677 | 43 | #2,702 | 45 |
| 2008 | #3,936 | 40 | #2,467 | 51 |
| 2007 | #3,247 | 52 | #2,643 | 46 |
| 2006 | #3,734 | 41 | #2,449 | 50 |
| 2005 | #3,587 | 41 | #1,635 | 83 |
| 2004 | #2,742 | 59 | #1,834 | 67 |
| 2003 | #2,577 | 62 | #1,513 | 85 |
| 2002 | #2,745 | 55 | #1,414 | 92 |
| 2001 | #2,126 | 77 | #1,316 | 99 |
| 2000 | #2,508 | 60 | #1,323 | 97 |
| 1999 | #2,703 | 51 | #1,294 | 94 |
| 1998 | #1,940 | 78 | #1,032 | 131 |
| 1997 | #2,229 | 61 | #960 | 138 |
| 1996 | #2,041 | 68 | #949 | 136 |
| 1995 | #1,787 | 80 | #837 | 165 |
| 1994 | #1,999 | 70 | #897 | 147 |
| 1993 | #2,241 | 58 | #933 | 133 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 | #892 | 140 |
| 1991 | #3,722 | 28 | #845 | 151 |
| 1990 | #3,364 | 32 | #1,013 | 109 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #1,658 | 47 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | #1,482 | 51 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #1,896 | 33 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | — | #3,599 | 12 | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
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| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | — | #3,640 | 6 | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | #3,681 | 5 |
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| 1947 | — | #3,096 | 7 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #3,525 | 5 |
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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 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Hawaii#241 · 1 in 685
- Maryland#804 · 1 in 4,990
- Pennsylvania#924 · 1 in 6,932
- Ohio#1,233 · 1 in 10,843
- New York#1,442 · 1 in 12,733
Best ever in a state: #169 in Hawaii, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #241 | 5 | 1 in 685 |
| Maryland | #804 | 5 | 1 in 4,990 |
| Pennsylvania | #924 | 8 | 1 in 6,932 |
| Ohio | #1,233 | 5 | 1 in 10,843 |
| New York | #1,442 | 7 | 1 in 12,733 |
| California | #1,514 | 11 | 1 in 17,216 |
| Texas | #2,004 | 7 | 1 in 24,446 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1995 at #837 (165 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1991–1997
- 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%)
- 37.3% of all boys named Storm (1,344) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2016, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 12 | #3,096 (1947) | #3,311 |
| 1950s | 46 | #3,024 (1957) | #3,564 |
| 1960s | 28 | #3,537 (1965) | #3,859 |
| 1970s | 41 | #3,857 (1978) | #4,468 |
| 1980s | 196 | #1,482 (1988) | #3,515 |
| 1990s | 1,344 | #837 (1995) | #965 |
| 2000s | 715 | #1,316 (2001) | #1,930 |
| 2010s | 634 | #1,739 (2016) | #2,179 |
| 2020s | 589 | #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 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 11,720 of them was named Storm, which outranked 91.5% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,498Martina141
- #1,498Nicolette141
- #1,498Sanai141
- #1,506Storm140
- #1,506Brynley140
- #1,506Devorah140
- #1,506Emme140
- #1,516Aryana139
- #1,516Calista139
- #1,516Gitty139
Tied with 9 names at #1,506; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 16,505 of them was named Storm, which outranked 88.6% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,597Shalom107
- #1,597Slater107
- #1,597Wolf107
- #1,606Storm106
- #1,606Boyd106
- #1,606Camryn106
- #1,606Corbyn106
- #1,614Aris105
- #1,614Armoni105
- #1,614Giuseppe105
Tied with 7 names at #1,606; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.