Windham — #5321 US boys' name
37 babies named Windham in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 63% of names given to boys today.
73% of everyone ever named Windham was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Windham in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Windham
The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Windham between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Windham currently holds the #5321 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Windham performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Windham shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Windham 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 37 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.
Windham at a glance
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Current rank
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Windham popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1987
- Peak year (2024)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
Currently ranks #5321 among boys.
37 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 18 births in a single year.
Windham by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 27 births that decade — 73% of Windham's all-time total
Windham decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Windham's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 73% of all-time use.
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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, 1987–2024 (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.