first name
WINDY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,536 people named Windy, 65.5% reported their origin as White, 12.3% as Black and 9.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Windy peaked in 1975, when 310 babies got the name.
At least 4,983 babies have been given the name since 1948. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Windy by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,151. The largest share of babies named Windy, 65.9%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Windy is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Windy has been most common in South Carolina (4×), North Carolina (3.2×), and Louisiana (2.5×), and least common in New York (0.27×).
3,114 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Exactly as common as Windy
2 other first names also have 4,536 people.
Either side of Windy
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Windy, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Windy ranks #138,300 of 156,621, with 125 people. See Windy as a last name
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