Storm

#1,436 for girls in 2025, 150 births · #2,108 for boys in 2025, 69 births
Given to boys 56.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1995 · 165 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,605
since 1946

Storm over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #837, 1995girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,436150#2,10869
2024#1,613129#1,86286
2023#1,506143#1,668102
2022#1,621130#1,479122
2021#1,506140#1,606106
2020#1,649125#1,568104
2019#1,913104#2,31059
2018#2,05994#1,80984
2017#1,943103#2,21760
2016#2,24785#1,73989
2015#2,40876#2,14564
2014#2,84360#2,17562
2013#3,12352#2,46150
2012#3,36448#2,20959
2011#3,99937#2,43751
2010#4,39733#2,28756
2009#3,67743#2,70245
2008#3,93640#2,46751
2007#3,24752#2,64346
2006#3,73441#2,44950
2005#3,58741#1,63583
2004#2,74259#1,83467
2003#2,57762#1,51385
2002#2,74555#1,41492
2001#2,12677#1,31699
2000#2,50860#1,32397
1999#2,70351#1,29494
1998#1,94078#1,032131
1997#2,22961#960138
1996#2,04168#949136
1995#1,78780#837165
1994#1,99970#897147
1993#2,24158#933133
1992#3,58130#892140
1991#3,72228#845151
1990#3,36432#1,013109
1989#5,54515#1,65847
1988#4,01522#1,48251
1987#6,78810#1,89633
1986#7,7498#3,88211
1985#3,59912
1984#7,3988#3,27013
1983#4,9077
1982#5,0037
1981#4,9617
1980#9,0956#4,4958
1979#9,0106#4,0689
1978#8,5626#3,8579
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1976#8,1566
1975#5,51610#4,3097
1974#6,9007#5,2275
1973#7,4356
1972#4,4416
1971#7,3886#4,9075
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1969#4,4045
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1965#6,5395#3,5376
1964#4,6369
1963#5,2967#4,0485
1962#3,6406
1961#5,8516
1960#3,6656
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1958#3,5596
1957#4,9187#3,0248
1956#4,4678#3,5356
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1954#5,7535#3,8275
1953#3,7985
1952#4,4837#3,3736
1951#4,3857#3,7145
1950#3,23511#3,6815
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1946#4,4176#3,5255
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First appearance
1946

The first year at least five boys were named Storm! It came in at #3,525, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1948–1951, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Storm is popular in 1994

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #397 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,852 boysMNIllinois: #980 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 14,072 boysILWisconsin: #526 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,044 boysWIMichigan: #591 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,936 boysMINew York: #1,317 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 20,971 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedIAIndiana: #595 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,529 boysINOhio: #431 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 4,593 boysOHPennsylvania: #845 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 14,674 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #995 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 16,678 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #506 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,971 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedALGeorgia: #871 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,613 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Storm, so not publishedHITexas: #1,139 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 19,145 boysTXFlorida: #989 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 14,241 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#397 · 1 in 4,852
  2. Ohio#431 · 1 in 4,593
  3. North Carolina#506 · 1 in 4,971
  4. Wisconsin#526 · 1 in 6,044
  5. Michigan#591 · 1 in 6,936

Best ever in a state: #169 in Hawaii, 2022.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#39761 in 4,852
Ohio#431161 in 4,593
North Carolina#50691 in 4,971
Wisconsin#52651 in 6,044
Michigan#59191 in 6,936
Indiana#59551 in 7,529
Pennsylvania#84551 in 14,674
Georgia#87151 in 9,613
Illinois#98061 in 14,072
Florida#98961 in 14,241
California#995161 in 16,678
Texas#1,13981 in 19,145
New York#1,31761 in 20,971
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Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Storm
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 246 spots since 2024 (#1,862#2,108)
  • 540 spots since 2020 (#1,568#2,108)
  • 37 spots since 2015 (#2,145#2,108)
  • Biggest jump: 168 spots in 1991 (#1,013#845)
  • Biggest drop: 112 spots in 1996 (#837#949)
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1946
  • Peaked 1995 at #837 (165 births)
  • Births halved by 2004, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1991–1997
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,538
  • Highest: 1 in 11,538 boys born in 1995 were named Storm (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 24,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 37.3% of all boys named Storm (1,344) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2017
  • Mostly boys until 2016, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s12#3,096 (1947)#3,311
1950s46#3,024 (1957)#3,564
1960s28#3,537 (1965)#3,859
1970s41#3,857 (1978)#4,468
1980s196#1,482 (1988)#3,515
1990s1,344#837 (1995)#965
2000s715#1,316 (2001)#1,930
2010s634#1,739 (2016)#2,179
2020s589#1,479 (2022)#1,715

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Storm in 1994

girls
#1,999
70 births · 1 in 25,511 girls
boys
#897
147 births · 1 in 13,143 boys

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #1,999Storm70

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #897Storm147
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 25,511 of them was named Storm, which outranked 87.3% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Storm
  1. #1,972Tyana71
  2. #1,972Zena71
  3. #1,972Zoie71
  4. #1,999Storm70
  5. #1,999Annamaria70
  6. #1,999Arin70
  7. #1,999Ashten70
  8. #2,026Aislinn69
  9. #2,026Aiyana69
  10. #2,026Alisia69

Tied with 26 names at #1,999; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. 4,523Nohely#5,419#896
  2. 4,322Aaliyah#4,524#202
  3. 2,306Zana#3,108#802
  4. 1,711Aliyah#2,068#357
  5. 1,430Zhane#2,012#582
Fallers
  1. 1,015Coraima#875#1,890
  2. 799Kalene#929#1,728
  3. 656Deyanira#938#1,594
  4. 577Crysta#968#1,545
  5. 562Hilary#647#1,209

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

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 13,143 of them was named Storm, which outranked 91.2% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Storm
  1. #892Marques148
  2. #892Orion148
  3. #892Sherman148
  4. #897Storm147
  5. #897Alexandre147
  6. #897Bryon147
  7. #897Ryne147
  8. #902Cain146
  9. #902Dionte146
  10. #902Kegan146

Tied with 4 names at #897; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. 1,574Tyrin#2,509#935
  2. 714River#1,638#924
  3. 472Bryton#1,460#988
  4. 463Kahlil#1,444#981
  5. 446Jayden#1,295#849
Fallers
  1. 551Garth#965#1,516
  2. 364Jordy#828#1,192
  3. 342Montel#889#1,231
  4. 289Darrel#889#1,178
  5. 245Deante#859#1,104

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

See the top 100 for 1994