Windy

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · Last seen for boys in 1983 at #5,484
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1975 · 310 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,971
since 1948

Windy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Windy has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #551, 1975girls
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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
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2025#13,2086—
2024#11,1228—
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2022#10,3839—
2021#13,4646—
2020#13,4536—
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2018#10,5459—
2017#12,7137—
2016#14,3316—
2015#13,0067—
2014#10,9559—
2013#11,0009—
2012#11,2579—
2011#13,3477—
2010#11,2469—
2009#15,2426—
2008#13,8327—
2007#8,09815—
2006#8,23714—
2005#7,89114—
2004#9,26411—
2003#7,99813—
2002#8,83711—
2001#8,75811—
2000#7,15814—
1999#7,23913—
1998#4,63623—
1997#5,22819—
1996#4,73921—
1995#5,43917—
1994#5,01619—
1993#3,58530—
1992#4,23624—
1991#3,72228—
1990#2,37452—
1989#3,40230—
1988#2,41945—
1987#1,99156—
1986#2,17048—
1985#1,85660—
1984#1,47578—
1983#1,46379#5,4846
1982#1,39987—
1981#998146—
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1979#730227—
1978#717220—
1977#719215—
1976#622251—
1975#551310—
1974#584270#4,6346
1973#627242—
1972#593270—
1971#652249—
1970#706220—
1969#754178—
1968#794159—
1967#779161—
1966#1,17183—
1965#1,30269—
1964#1,39365—
1963#1,44959—
1962#1,41961—
1961#1,56852—
1960#1,39362—
1959#1,49952—
1958#1,44854—
1957#1,90433—
1956#1,71738—
1955#2,72517—
1954#2,24023—
1953#2,17323—
1952#3,04013—
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1950#2,65215—
1949#4,2357—
1948#3,5939—
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First appearance
1948

The first year at least five girls were named Windy! It came in at #3,593, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2019, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Windy is popular in 1961

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,320 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 25,018 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #535 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,097 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #364 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,594 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #694 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,609 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#364 · 1 in 2,594
  2. North Carolina#535 · 1 in 6,097
  3. Louisiana#694 · 1 in 7,609
  4. California#1,320 · 1 in 25,018

Best ever in a state: #226 in North Carolina, 1975.

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South Carolina#364101 in 2,594
North Carolina#53581 in 6,097
Louisiana#69451 in 7,609
California#1,32071 in 25,018
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See more about Windy
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,086 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #13,208)
  • 245 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #13,208)
  • 202 spots since 2015 (#13,006 → #13,208)
  • Biggest jump: 392 spots in 1967 (#1,171 → #779)
  • Biggest drop: 401 spots in 1982 (#998 → #1,399)
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1948
  • Peaked 1975 at #551 (310 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1967–1981
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,703
  • Highest: 1 in 4,703 girls born in 1975 were named Windy (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 49.8% of all girls named Windy (2,474) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s16#3,593 (1948)#3,914
1950s281#1,448 (1958)#2,234
1960s949#754 (1969)#1,202
1970s2,474#551 (1975)#650
1980s782#966 (1980)#1,814
1990s246#2,374 (1990)#4,621
2000s116#7,158 (2000)#9,532
2010s72#10,545 (2018)#12,044
2020s35#10,383 (2022)#12,326

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

Windy in 1961

girls
#1,568
52 births · 1 in 38,817 girls

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #1,568Windy52
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 38,817 of them was named Windy, which outranked 79.2% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Windy
  1. #1,553Phyliss53
  2. #1,553Tyra53
  3. #1,553Valinda53
  4. #1,568Windy52
  5. #1,568Alexandria52
  6. #1,568Genia52
  7. #1,568Gia52
  8. #1,580Candie51
  9. #1,580Dennise51
  10. #1,580Dovie51

Tied with 11 names at #1,568; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 997Corinna#1,811 → #814
  2. ↑ 789Sabra#1,637 → #848
  3. ↑ 745Velvet#1,286 → #541
  4. ↑ 601Johnna#1,043 → #442
  5. ↑ 600Damita#1,597 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 317Sheena#980 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 253Lita#909 → #1,162
  3. ↓ 241Jannette#970 → #1,211
  4. ↓ 229Francisca#939 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 214Andra#822 → #1,036

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

See the top 100 for 1961 →