Stormy — #1823 US unisex name
7,609 babies named Stormy in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to girls today.
27% of everyone ever named Stormy was born in this single decade.
252 babies were named Stormy in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Stormy
The Social Security Administration has registered 7,609 babies named Stormy between 1944 and 2024, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Stormy currently holds the #1823 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 252 babies received it in a single year. Stormy is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 889 additional births since 1947.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Stormy performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 2,028 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Stormy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,322 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Stormy in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Stormy 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 7,609 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.
Stormy at a glance
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Current rank
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Stormy popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1944
- Peak year (1992)
- 252
- Annual births at peak — across 81 years of records
Currently ranks #1823 among girls.
7,609 total births across 81 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 252 births in a single year.
Stormy popularity over time — boys
889 total births recorded since 1947 (Stormy as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Stormy accounts for 10% of total recorded use across both genders.
Stormy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 2,028 births that decade — 27% of Stormy's all-time total
Stormy decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,028 births
- Runner-up 1,377 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Stormy's strongest decade
2,028 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Stormy by state
Where Stormy concentrates geographically — total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,322 | 17.4% |
| #2 | California | | 444 | 5.8% |
| #3 | Oklahoma | | 417 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Arkansas | | 222 | 2.9% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 194 | 2.5% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 192 | 2.5% |
| #7 | Florida | | 188 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 177 | 2.3% |
1,322 of 7,609 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 17.4% of nationwide
- California 5.8% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 5.5% of nationwide
- Arkansas 2.9% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 32 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 17.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Stormy appears in 32 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, 1944–2024 (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.