Boys' name · since 1987
Windham
53 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.
- #21,831 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,713 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 53
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Windham is the #5713 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 53 recorded since 1987.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Windham has been recorded 53 times among boys since 1987, currently ranked #5713 nationally and more common than 59% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #21,831 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,713 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 53 born since 1987
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Windham ranks #21,831 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,713 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 53 born since 1987, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,831 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,713 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 53
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Windham's 53 recorded births place it above 51.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Windham compares
53 18th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Windham's all-time total is 86% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Windham | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 53 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Windham's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Windham's full recorded timeline at 2021, 81% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 19% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Windham popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Windham by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (43 births, 81% of the file).
2020s was Windham's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Windham births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 43 births (81% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Windham: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~38 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1987–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Windham draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.