Winter
#426 for girls in 2025, 732 births · #1,976 for boys in 2025, 77 births
Given to girls 93.8% of the time
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | — | |
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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 2024
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alaska#86 · 1 in 242
- Maine#110 · 1 in 333
- Nevada#175 · 1 in 655
- Missouri#212 · 1 in 820
- Maryland#229 · 1 in 868
Best ever in a state: #43 in Alaska, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | #86 | 7 | 1 in 242 |
| Maine | #110 | 9 | 1 in 333 |
| Nevada | #175 | 14 | 1 in 655 |
| Missouri | #212 | 29 | 1 in 820 |
| Maryland | #229 | 24 | 1 in 868 |
| Minnesota | #249 | 22 | 1 in 970 |
| Idaho | #262 | 8 | 1 in 864 |
| Alabama | #281 | 17 | 1 in 1,100 |
| Wisconsin | #285 | 18 | 1 in 1,128 |
| Kansas | #286 | 11 | 1 in 1,045 |
| Utah | #294 | 15 | 1 in 1,129 |
| Oregon | #302 | 12 | 1 in 1,094 |
| New Mexico | #311 | 5 | 1 in 994 |
| Arkansas | #313 | 9 | 1 in 1,170 |
| Arizona | #320 | 22 | 1 in 1,275 |
| Michigan | #320 | 27 | 1 in 1,324 |
| Ohio | #322 | 34 | 1 in 1,376 |
| Connecticut | #324 | 9 | 1 in 1,264 |
| Pennsylvania | #328 | 33 | 1 in 1,404 |
| Washington | #328 | 22 | 1 in 1,322 |
| Oklahoma | #332 | 12 | 1 in 1,224 |
| Kentucky | #333 | 14 | 1 in 1,249 |
| Indiana | #338 | 21 | 1 in 1,340 |
| North Carolina | #352 | 31 | 1 in 1,491 |
| Colorado | #356 | 16 | 1 in 1,421 |
| Georgia | #359 | 30 | 1 in 1,517 |
| Tennessee | #384 | 20 | 1 in 1,601 |
| Florida | #401 | 47 | 1 in 1,836 |
| New Jersey | #401 | 20 | 1 in 1,814 |
| Virginia | #445 | 18 | 1 in 1,891 |
| Iowa | #446 | 7 | 1 in 1,661 |
| Louisiana | #458 | 10 | 1 in 1,706 |
| South Carolina | #475 | 10 | 1 in 1,822 |
| California | #482 | 71 | 1 in 2,333 |
| Mississippi | #509 | 5 | 1 in 1,782 |
| Massachusetts | #514 | 10 | 1 in 2,415 |
| New York | #517 | 33 | 1 in 2,382 |
| Illinois | #568 | 18 | 1 in 2,497 |
| Texas | #625 | 53 | 1 in 3,082 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 2022 at #304 (1,053 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 2012–2025
- 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%)
- 35.2% of all girls named Winter (5,495) were born in this decade
- 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.
Winter in 2024
Top girls' names in 2024
Top boys' names in 2024
More about 2024
girls
1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 1,978 of them was named Winter, which outranked 97.8% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 28,244 of them was named Winter, which outranked 83.8% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,288Sora62
- #2,288Stefano62
- #2,288Vikram62
- #2,313Winter61
- #2,313Ameen61
- #2,313Armoni61
- #2,313Athan61
- #2,345Aidyn60
- #2,345Aj60
- #2,345Ashvik60
Tied with 31 names at #2,313; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.