Winter
- #426 for girls in 2025, 732 births
- #1,976 for boys in 2025, 77 births
- Given to girls 93.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2022 · 1,053 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,619since 1954
Winter over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #426 | 732 | #1,976 | 77 |
| 2024 | #385 | 819 | #2,313 | 61 |
| 2023 | #369 | 831 | #2,416 | 56 |
| 2022 | #304 | 1,053 | #2,217 | 65 |
| 2021 | #322 | 1,013 | #2,040 | 72 |
| 2020 | #315 | 1,009 | #2,505 | 51 |
| 2019 | #325 | 985 | #2,582 | 50 |
| 2018 | #388 | 799 | #3,171 | 36 |
| 2017 | #446 | 709 | #2,840 | 42 |
| 2016 | #502 | 622 | #2,661 | 46 |
| 2015 | #547 | 568 | #3,365 | 33 |
| 2014 | #552 | 561 | #3,154 | 35 |
| 2013 | #658 | 433 | #4,804 | 19 |
| 2012 | #770 | 358 | #3,231 | 34 |
| 2011 | #1,036 | 240 | #6,256 | 13 |
| 2010 | #1,120 | 220 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | #1,012 | 261 | #5,800 | 15 |
| 2008 | #1,090 | 238 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #1,357 | 178 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | #1,182 | 206 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #1,203 | 190 | #3,941 | 23 |
| 2004 | #1,114 | 205 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #1,180 | 182 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #1,049 | 205 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 2001 | #1,040 | 206 | #3,842 | 21 |
| 2000 | #1,162 | 173 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #1,154 | 169 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #1,043 | 189 | #4,413 | 15 |
| 1997 | #1,071 | 177 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #1,071 | 173 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #1,254 | 135 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #1,364 | 122 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #1,679 | 89 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #1,818 | 79 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #1,913 | 73 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #1,862 | 76 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,851 | 71 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,986 | 60 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,662 | 73 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,770 | 65 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #2,048 | 52 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #1,475 | 78 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #1,311 | 92 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #1,268 | 101 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,200 | 109 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #1,026 | 140 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #703 | 241 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #995 | 137 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #2,780 | 29 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 | — | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | — | |
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| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
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| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
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| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1954
The first year at least five girls were named Winter! It came in at #5,753, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1954–1960, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Winter is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- New Hampshire#174 · 1 in 542
- West Virginia#273 · 1 in 846
- Missouri#289 · 1 in 1,157
- South Carolina#294 · 1 in 1,076
- Mississippi#301 · 1 in 989
Best ever in a state: #43 in Alaska, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | #174 | 7 | 1 in 542 |
| West Virginia | #273 | 6 | 1 in 846 |
| Missouri | #289 | 21 | 1 in 1,157 |
| South Carolina | #294 | 17 | 1 in 1,076 |
| Mississippi | #301 | 9 | 1 in 989 |
| Wisconsin | #310 | 17 | 1 in 1,192 |
| Oregon | #320 | 11 | 1 in 1,187 |
| Florida | #321 | 57 | 1 in 1,522 |
| Connecticut | #322 | 9 | 1 in 1,278 |
| Virginia | #325 | 25 | 1 in 1,350 |
| Nevada | #328 | 8 | 1 in 1,150 |
| Colorado | #337 | 18 | 1 in 1,296 |
| Michigan | #340 | 26 | 1 in 1,374 |
| Alabama | #348 | 14 | 1 in 1,309 |
| Kansas | #361 | 9 | 1 in 1,312 |
| Utah | #361 | 12 | 1 in 1,423 |
| Kentucky | #364 | 12 | 1 in 1,438 |
| Georgia | #380 | 29 | 1 in 1,559 |
| Washington | #390 | 18 | 1 in 1,603 |
| Ohio | #401 | 28 | 1 in 1,688 |
| Pennsylvania | #403 | 27 | 1 in 1,729 |
| New Jersey | #404 | 19 | 1 in 1,868 |
| Tennessee | #409 | 19 | 1 in 1,688 |
| Indiana | #418 | 16 | 1 in 1,744 |
| Maryland | #427 | 12 | 1 in 1,665 |
| Iowa | #437 | 7 | 1 in 1,682 |
| Oklahoma | #437 | 9 | 1 in 1,642 |
| Illinois | #455 | 23 | 1 in 1,927 |
| Texas | #471 | 69 | 1 in 2,327 |
| New York | #481 | 35 | 1 in 2,238 |
| Arkansas | #489 | 6 | 1 in 1,766 |
| North Carolina | #489 | 22 | 1 in 2,113 |
| Minnesota | #540 | 9 | 1 in 2,387 |
| California | #565 | 57 | 1 in 2,837 |
| Arizona | #632 | 10 | 1 in 2,822 |
| Massachusetts | #761 | 6 | 1 in 4,005 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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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 Winter
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 111 spots since 2020 (#315 → #426)
- 121 spots since 2015 (#547 → #426)
- Biggest jump: 1,785 spots in 1978
- Biggest drop: 323 spots in 1980
Rise & fade · girls
68 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 2022 at #304 (1,053 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 2012–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,558
- Highest: 1 in 1,558 girls born in 2022 were named Winter (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,196 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 35.2% of all girls named Winter (5,495) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #5,753 (1954) | #5,753 |
| 1960s | 28 | #5,457 (1967) | #6,428 |
| 1970s | 467 | #703 (1979) | #4,359 |
| 1980s | 841 | #1,026 (1980) | #1,560 |
| 1990s | 1,282 | #1,043 (1998) | #1,423 |
| 2000s | 2,044 | #1,012 (2009) | #1,139 |
| 2010s | 5,495 | #325 (2019) | #634 |
| 2020s | 5,457 | #304 (2022) | #354 |
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.
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