Storm — #1863 US boys' name
3,534 babies named Storm in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 87% of names given to boys today.
38% of everyone ever named Storm was born in this single decade.
165 babies were named Storm in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Storm
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,534 babies named Storm between 1946 and 2024, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Storm currently holds the #1863 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 165 babies received it in a single year. Storm is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 2,634 additional births since 1946.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Storm performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,344 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Storm shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 264 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Storm in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Storm 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 3,534 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.
Storm at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Storm popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1946
- Peak year (1995)
- 165
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
Currently ranks #1863 among boys.
3,534 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 165 births in a single year.
Storm popularity over time — girls
2,634 total births recorded since 1946 (Storm as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Storm accounts for 43% of total recorded use across both genders.
Storm by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,344 births that decade — 38% of Storm's all-time total
Storm decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,344 births
- Runner-up 715 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Storm's strongest decade
1,344 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Storm by state
Where Storm concentrates geographically — total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 264 | 7.5% |
| #2 | California | | 199 | 5.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 192 | 5.4% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 140 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Florida | | 132 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Texas | | 112 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 76 | 2.2% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 61 | 1.7% |
264 of 3,534 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 7.5% of nationwide
- California 5.6% of nationwide
- New York 5.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.0% of nationwide
- Florida 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 7.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Storm appears in 22 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, 1946–2024 (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.