Snow — #3569 US unisex name
1,030 babies named Snow in U.S. Social Security records since 1894, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 80% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Snow was born in this single decade.
79 babies were named Snow in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Snow
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,030 babies named Snow between 1894 and 2024, spanning 131 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Snow currently holds the #3569 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 79 babies received it in a single year. Snow is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 67 additional births since 1914.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Snow performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 489 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Snow shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 53 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Snow in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Snow in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,030 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Snow at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Snow popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1894
- Peak year (2014)
- 79
- Annual births at peak — across 131 years of records
Currently ranks #3569 among girls.
1,030 total births across 131 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 79 births in a single year.
Snow popularity over time — boys
67 total births recorded since 1914 (Snow as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Snow accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Snow by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 489 births that decade — 47% of Snow's all-time total
Snow decade highlights
- Peak decade 489 births
- Runner-up 244 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Snow's strongest decade
489 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Snow by state
Where Snow concentrates geographically — total births since 1894
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 53 | 5.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 35 | 3.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 20 | 1.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 16 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 5 | 0.5% |
53 of 1,030 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.1% of nationwide
- Texas 3.4% of nationwide
- New York 1.9% of nationwide
- Florida 1.6% of nationwide
- Arizona 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Snow appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1894–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.