Storm

Where Storm comes from

The dictionaries list Storm as a given name — a unisex given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1944
    Storm Thorgerson born
    English graphic designer
  2. 1946
    First appearance
    #3,525 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1995
    Peak, #837
    165 babies named Storm — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2003
    Storm Reid born
    American actress
  5. 2004
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,834.
  6. 2017
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
Namesakes
  • Storm Thorgerson · English graphic designer, 1944–2013
  • Storm Reid · American actress, born 2003
  • Storm Hunter · Australian female tennis player, born 1994
  • Storm Roux · Australian footballer, born 1993
  • Storm Uru · New Zealand rower, born 1985

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.