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

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202008girlsat 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—
1972#6,5587—
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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 2008

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #186 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 489 girlsAKMaine: 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: #646 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,215 girlsWAIdaho: 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: #744 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,293 girlsMNIllinois: #1,365 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 9,461 girlsILWisconsin: #859 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,010 girlsWIMichigan: #916 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,558 girlsMINew York: #930 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,619 girlsNYMassachusetts: 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: #914 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,418 girlsINOhio: #942 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,265 girlsOHPennsylvania: 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: #1,333 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 9,971 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedUTColorado: #799 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,083 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedNEMissouri: #954 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,887 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedWVVirginia: #922 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,374 girlsVAMaryland: #688 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,611 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedDEArizona: #1,074 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,082 girlsAZNew 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: #919 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,365 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #1,030 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,010 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #452 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,938 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: #715 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,773 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedHITexas: #1,665 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 12,901 girlsTXFlorida: #2,056 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 17,216 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alaska#186 · 1 in 489
  2. Oklahoma#452 · 1 in 1,938
  3. Washington#646 · 1 in 3,215
  4. Maryland#688 · 1 in 3,611
  5. Georgia#715 · 1 in 3,773

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#18651 in 489
Oklahoma#45291 in 1,938
Washington#646101 in 3,215
Maryland#68871 in 3,611
Georgia#715141 in 3,773
Minnesota#74461 in 4,293
Colorado#79961 in 4,083
Wisconsin#85951 in 5,010
Indiana#91461 in 5,418
Michigan#91681 in 5,558
Tennessee#91961 in 5,365
Virginia#92271 in 5,374
New York#930171 in 5,619
Ohio#94291 in 6,265
Missouri#95451 in 5,887
North Carolina#1,03081 in 6,010
Arizona#1,07461 in 6,082
California#1,333231 in 9,971
Illinois#1,36571 in 9,461
Texas#1,665131 in 12,901
Florida#2,05651 in 17,216
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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
all girlsall boys
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 2008

girls
#1,090
238 births · 1 in 7,945 girls
boys
#5,767
15 births · 1 in 136,010 boys

Top girls' names in 2008

  1. #1Emma18,830
  2. #2Isabella18,629
  3. #3Emily17,448
  4. #4Olivia17,088
  5. #5Ava17,051
  6. #6Madison17,047
  7. #7Sophia16,091
  8. #8Abigail15,088
  9. #9Elizabeth12,027
  10. #10Chloe11,836
  11. #1,090Winter238

Top boys' names in 2008

  1. #1Jacob22,621
  2. #2Michael20,652
  3. #3Ethan20,223
  4. #4Joshua19,231
  5. #5Daniel19,032
  6. #6Alexander18,711
  7. #7Anthony18,417
  8. #8William18,403
  9. #9Christopher17,966
  10. #10Matthew17,604
  11. #5,767Winter15
More about 2008

girls

1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 7,945 of them was named Winter, which outranked 94.7% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Winter
  1. #1,087Brookelynn240
  2. #1,087Nyah240
  3. #1,089Milan239
  4. #1,090Winter238
  5. #1,090Anita238
  6. #1,090Brittney238
  7. #1,090Keila238
  8. #1,097Lacie237
  9. #1,097Leona237
  10. #1,097Lluvia237

Tied with 6 names at #1,090; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,375Dayami#10,129 → #754
  2. ↑ 4,524Allisson#4,944 → #420
  3. ↑ 1,019Alisson#1,804 → #785
  4. ↑ 851Milagros#1,579 → #728
  5. ↑ 807Mareli#1,530 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Kelis#968 → #1,359
  2. ↓ 390Joselin#755 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 378Tyra#947 → #1,325
  4. ↓ 363Montana#932 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 337Allyssa#988 → #1,325

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

boys

2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 136,010 of them was named Winter, which outranked 60.6% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Winter
  1. #5,487Ziaire16
  2. #5,487Zian16
  3. #5,487Zuhayr16
  4. #5,767Winter15
  5. #5,767Aalijah15
  6. #5,767Abdou15
  7. #5,767Abu15
  8. #6,070Abdalla14
  9. #6,070Abdi14
  10. #6,070Aboubacar14

Tied with 302 names at #5,767; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,801Urijah#3,687 → #886
  2. ↑ 1,035Jadiel#1,912 → #877
  3. ↑ 790Aaden#1,132 → #342
  4. ↑ 676Chace#1,337 → #661
  5. ↑ 500Marley#1,263 → #763
Fallers
  1. ↓ 688Kelan#977 → #1,665
  2. ↓ 286Talen#990 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 281Nery#901 → #1,182
  4. ↓ 250Kellan#883 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 250Efren#977 → #1,227

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

See the top 100 for 2008 →