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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009girlsat 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
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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 2009

  • 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: #643 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,136 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: #836 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,958 girlsMNIllinois: #1,117 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,027 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedWIMichigan: #748 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,274 girlsMINew York: #889 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,265 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: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedINOhio: #814 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,949 girlsOHPennsylvania: #843 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,463 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,003 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 6,420 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedUTColorado: #806 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,974 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedNEMissouri: #737 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,001 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedWVVirginia: #995 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,116 girlsVAMaryland: #555 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,747 girlsMDDelaware: 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: #659 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,391 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #1,218 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,736 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #567 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,460 girlsOKLouisiana: #836 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,131 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedALGeorgia: #851 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,611 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Winter, so not publishedHITexas: #1,456 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 10,417 girlsTXFlorida: #1,147 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,485 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maryland#555 · 1 in 2,747
  2. Oklahoma#567 · 1 in 2,460
  3. Washington#643 · 1 in 3,136
  4. Tennessee#659 · 1 in 3,391
  5. Missouri#737 · 1 in 4,001

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maryland#55591 in 2,747
Oklahoma#56771 in 2,460
Washington#643101 in 3,136
Tennessee#65991 in 3,391
Missouri#73771 in 4,001
Michigan#748101 in 4,274
Colorado#80661 in 3,974
Ohio#814111 in 4,949
Louisiana#83651 in 4,131
Minnesota#83651 in 4,958
Pennsylvania#843101 in 5,463
Georgia#851111 in 4,611
New York#889181 in 5,265
Virginia#99561 in 6,116
California#1,003341 in 6,420
Illinois#1,11791 in 7,027
Florida#1,147111 in 7,485
North Carolina#1,21861 in 7,736
Texas#1,456161 in 10,417
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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 2009

girls
#1,012
261 births · 1 in 7,039 girls
boys
#5,800
15 births · 1 in 132,238 boys

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #1,012Winter261

Top boys' names in 2009

  1. #1Jacob21,204
  2. #2Ethan19,858
  3. #3Michael18,964
  4. #4Alexander18,254
  5. #5William17,937
  6. #6Joshua17,671
  7. #7Daniel17,564
  8. #8Jayden17,316
  9. #9Noah17,262
  10. #10Christopher16,368
  11. #5,800Winter15
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 7,039 of them was named Winter, which outranked 95.0% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Winter
  1. #1,007Donna262
  2. #1,007Emersyn262
  3. #1,007Nathalia262
  4. #1,012Winter261
  5. #1,012Amaris261
  6. #1,012Kristin261
  7. #1,015Gina260
  8. #1,016Carleigh259
  9. #1,017Marin258

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,137Taraji#5,013 → #876
  2. ↑ 2,107Bristol#2,773 → #666
  3. ↑ 836Analia#1,167 → #331
  4. ↑ 773Harlow#1,677 → #904
  5. ↑ 610Maliah#1,405 → #795
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,450Dayami#754 → #2,204
  2. ↓ 953Mareli#723 → #1,676
  3. ↓ 773Mylie#839 → #1,612
  4. ↓ 517Marely#334 → #851
  5. ↓ 515Hillary#722 → #1,237

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

boys

1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 132,238 of them was named Winter, which outranked 60.1% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Winter
  1. #5,554Ziah16
  2. #5,554Zylan16
  3. #5,554Zyquan16
  4. #5,800Winter15
  5. #5,800Aarion15
  6. #5,800Aarron15
  7. #5,800Aashrith15
  8. #6,095Abdulla14
  9. #6,095Abrian14
  10. #6,095Abu14

Tied with 294 names at #5,800; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 951Knox#1,655 → #704
  2. ↑ 510Kellan#1,133 → #623
  3. ↑ 462Jaxen#1,329 → #867
  4. ↑ 422Bentley#936 → #514
  5. ↑ 354Archer#1,037 → #683
Fallers
  1. ↓ 493Yurem#995 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 222Cordell#786 → #1,008
  3. ↓ 212Shamar#926 → #1,138
  4. ↓ 201Trevin#797 → #998
  5. ↓ 198Glenn#865 → #1,063

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

See the top 100 for 2009 →