Winter

#426 for girls in 2025, 732 births · #1,976 for boys in 2025, 77 births
Given to girls 93.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
2022 · 1,053 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,619
since 1954

Winter over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984girlsat peakboysat peak
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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#426732#1,97677
2024#385819#2,31361
2023#369831#2,41656
2022#3041,053#2,21765
2021#3221,013#2,04072
2020#3151,009#2,50551
2019#325985#2,58250
2018#388799#3,17136
2017#446709#2,84042
2016#502622#2,66146
2015#547568#3,36533
2014#552561#3,15435
2013#658433#4,80419
2012#770358#3,23134
2011#1,036240#6,25613
2010#1,120220#6,69812
2009#1,012261#5,80015
2008#1,090238#5,76715
2007#1,357178#5,90114
2006#1,182206#6,46012
2005#1,203190#3,94123
2004#1,114205#6,13812
2003#1,180182#4,42618
2002#1,049205#3,55424
2001#1,040206#3,84221
2000#1,162173#4,78515
1999#1,154169#4,76214
1998#1,043189#4,41315
1997#1,071177#4,66813
1996#1,071173#4,87812
1995#1,254135#4,28014
1994#1,364122#5,10911
1993#1,67989#6,2288
1992#1,81879#7,4226
1991#1,91373#8,2365
1990#1,86276—
1989#1,85171—
1988#1,98660—
1987#1,66273—
1986#1,77065#5,9266
1985#2,04852#6,5235
1984#1,47578#5,5616
1983#1,31192#4,4998
1982#1,268101—
1981#1,200109#4,9617
1980#1,026140#4,9407
1979#703241#4,0689
1978#995137#4,5547
1977#2,78029#5,8455
1976#3,28721—
1975#6,4848—
1974#5,7769#3,8378
1973#5,5809—
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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 1984

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,757 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 24,075 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #496 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,527 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #388 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,584 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oklahoma#388 · 1 in 2,584
  2. South Carolina#496 · 1 in 3,527
  3. California#1,757 · 1 in 24,075

Best ever in a state: #43 in Alaska, 2022.

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Oklahoma#38881 in 2,584
South Carolina#49651 in 3,527
California#1,75781 in 24,075
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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
  • 41 spots since 2024 (#385 → #426)
  • 111 spots since 2020 (#315 → #426)
  • 121 spots since 2015 (#547 → #426)
  • Biggest jump: 1,785 spots in 1978 (#2,780 → #995)
  • Biggest drop: 323 spots in 1980 (#703 → #1,026)
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
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s5#5,753 (1954)#5,753
1960s28#5,457 (1967)#6,428
1970s467#703 (1979)#4,359
1980s841#1,026 (1980)#1,560
1990s1,282#1,043 (1998)#1,423
2000s2,044#1,012 (2009)#1,139
2010s5,495#325 (2019)#634
2020s5,457#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.

Winter in 1984

girls
#1,475
78 births · 1 in 21,587 girls
boys
#5,561
6 births · 1 in 300,808 boys

Top girls' names in 1984

  1. #1Jennifer50,564
  2. #2Jessica45,857
  3. #3Ashley38,773
  4. #4Amanda33,915
  5. #5Sarah25,887
  6. #6Stephanie23,025
  7. #7Nicole22,270
  8. #8Melissa21,896
  9. #9Heather21,489
  10. #10Elizabeth20,360
  11. #1,475Winter78

Top boys' names in 1984

  1. #1Michael67,735
  2. #2Christopher60,021
  3. #3Matthew49,767
  4. #4Joshua40,266
  5. #5David38,492
  6. #6Daniel36,531
  7. #7James35,859
  8. #8John32,610
  9. #9Robert31,768
  10. #10Joseph30,513
  11. #5,561Winter6
More about 1984

girls

1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 21,587 of them was named Winter, which outranked 87.9% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Winter
  1. #1,459Paulina79
  2. #1,459Shawnta79
  3. #1,459Tarra79
  4. #1,475Winter78
  5. #1,475Ahsley78
  6. #1,475Anika78
  7. #1,475Carin78
  8. #1,490Brett77
  9. #1,490Cassey77
  10. #1,490Dalila77

Tied with 14 names at #1,475; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,259Santana#9,015 → #756
  2. ↑ 2,419Tasia#3,151 → #732
  3. ↑ 2,198Teela#3,065 → #867
  4. ↑ 1,074Grisel#1,858 → #784
  5. ↑ 894Kaylee#1,715 → #821
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,856Dwan#874 → #2,730
  2. ↓ 720Toccara#937 → #1,657
  3. ↓ 713Kaleena#547 → #1,260
  4. ↓ 303Karie#1,000 → #1,303
  5. ↓ 300Karyn#820 → #1,120

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

boys

1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 300,808 of them was named Winter, which outranked 24.2% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Winter
  1. #4,973Zenon7
  2. #4,973Zeus7
  3. #4,973Zubair7
  4. #5,561Winter6
  5. #5,561Aaryn6
  6. #5,561Abdulaziz6
  7. #5,561Abdur6
  8. #6,315Abbott5
  9. #6,315Abdel5
  10. #6,315Abdon5

Tied with 753 names at #5,561; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 958Ryne#1,562 → #604
  2. ↑ 472Rachel#1,448 → #976
  3. ↑ 399Zebulon#1,375 → #976
  4. ↑ 359Travon#1,327 → #968
  5. ↑ 347Mackenzie#1,347 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 741Trumaine#949 → #1,690
  2. ↓ 422Basil#1,000 → #1,422
  3. ↓ 240Alfonzo#1,000 → #1,240
  4. ↓ 208Jasen#804 → #1,012
  5. ↓ 205Woodrow#949 → #1,154

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

See the top 100 for 1984 →