Unisex name · since 1954
Winter
15,619 babies named Winter in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,253 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #426 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,619
- born since 1954
- 2010s
- peak decade
15,619 babies have been named Winter since 1954, making it today's #426 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Winter recorded 15,619 times among girls since 1954, holding rank #426 nationally today, ahead of 98% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 2025.
- #1,253 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #426 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 15,619 born since 1954
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Winter ranks #1,253 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #426 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 15,619 born since 1954, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,253 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #426 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,619
- born since 1954
- 2010s
- peak decade
Winter's 15,619 recorded births place it above 98.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Winter compares
15,619 Top 8% higher than 92% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Winter's all-time total is 42x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Winter | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 15,619 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,053 | 21 | 19,840 |
Winter's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Winter splits its recorded history at 1995: 89% of all births land in the more recent half, 11% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1954 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 1,053 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Winter popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 1,053
- Annual births at peak, across 72 years of records
Winter popularity over time - boys
1,037 total births recorded since 1974 (Winter as boys' name)
Winter by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (5,495 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Winter's strongest decade.
5,495 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Winter births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 28
1960s
28 births
- 1970s 467
1970s
467 births
- 1980s 841
1980s
841 births
- 1990s 1,282
1990s
1,282 births
- 2000s 2,044
2000s
2,044 births
- 2010s
2010s
5,495 births
- 2020s
2020s
5,457 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 5,495 births (35% of all-time use).
How Winter compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Winter's total volume
Winter by state
Where Winter concentrates geographically, total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,497 | 9.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,135 | 7.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 751 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 714 | 4.6% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 557 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 550 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 524 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 485 | 3.1% |
1,497 of 15,619 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Winter appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Winter's data
- Winter's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (5,495 total births) through the 2020s (5,457) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Winters (1,497 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Winter
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Winter
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Winter: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~71 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, 1954–2025 (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 Winter 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.