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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201976peak #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—
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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 1976

  • 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: #433 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,977 girlsWAIdaho: 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: #916 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,881 girlsMINew York: #1,416 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,717 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedRIOregon: #357 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,297 girlsORNevada: 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: #617 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 4,496 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: #492 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,214 girlsMOKentucky: #314 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,130 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedWVVirginia: #462 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,842 girlsVAMaryland: 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: #366 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,617 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #294 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,777 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #327 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,878 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #402 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,365 girlsLAMississippi: #318 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,687 girlsMSAlabama: #378 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,390 girlsALGeorgia: #313 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,817 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Windy, so not publishedHITexas: #683 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,372 girlsTXFlorida: #519 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,725 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#294 · 1 in 1,777
  2. Georgia#313 · 1 in 1,817
  3. Kentucky#314 · 1 in 2,130
  4. Mississippi#318 · 1 in 1,687
  5. South Carolina#327 · 1 in 1,878

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Carolina#294181 in 1,777
Georgia#313171 in 1,817
Kentucky#314111 in 2,130
Mississippi#31891 in 1,687
South Carolina#32791 in 1,878
Oregon#35761 in 2,297
Tennessee#366101 in 2,617
Alabama#37891 in 2,390
Louisiana#402111 in 2,365
Washington#43371 in 2,977
Virginia#46271 in 3,842
Missouri#49271 in 4,214
Florida#519111 in 3,725
California#617321 in 4,496
Texas#683181 in 5,372
Michigan#91651 in 10,881
New York#1,41661 in 16,717
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 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 1976

girls
#622
251 births · 1 in 5,837 girls

Top girls' names in 1976

  1. #1Jennifer59,473
  2. #2Amy31,339
  3. #3Melissa25,094
  4. #4Heather24,192
  5. #5Angela22,038
  6. #6Michelle19,550
  7. #7Kimberly18,962
  8. #8Jessica18,368
  9. #9Lisa17,346
  10. #10Amanda15,588
  11. #622Windy251
More about 1976

girls

1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 5,837 of them was named Windy, which outranked 94.3% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Windy
  1. #616Shellie254
  2. #620James252
  3. #620Susanne252
  4. #622Windy251
  5. #622Jammie251
  6. #622Spring251
  7. #625Tamiko250
  8. #626Sasha249
  9. #627Carolina248

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,548Rhiannon#4,141 → #593
  2. ↑ 3,533Mackenzie#4,370 → #837
  3. ↑ 3,060Khalilah#3,774 → #714
  4. ↑ 1,663Kenisha#2,612 → #949
  5. ↑ 1,455Latoria#2,411 → #956
Fallers
  1. ↓ 821Nyree#926 → #1,747
  2. ↓ 668Syreeta#778 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 505Cher#994 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 398Kandice#957 → #1,355
  5. ↓ 370Racquel#973 → #1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1976 →