How rare is the name Winter?

10,006 people in the United States have the first name Winter, about 1 in 30,185. It ranks #2,467 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

WINTER

#2,467

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,006
About
1 in 30,185
This common or more
79.9%
Who bears it

Of the 10,006 people named Winter, 50.9% reported their origin as White, 22.8% as Black and 11.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 92.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Winter peaked in 2022, when 1,118 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19542025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
1,118
In 2025*
809 ▼28%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 16,656 babies have been given the name since 1954. 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.

Winter by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #677. The largest share of babies named Winter, 64.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#14,8235
1960s#11,09428
1970s#2,989496
1980s#2,354880
1990s#2,1881,380
2000s#1,9142,213
2010s#1,0285,815
2020s#6775,839
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–803.9%
Millennials 1981–969.2%
Generation Z 1997–1222%
2013 and later64.7%

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 Winter is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Winter has been most common in Nevada (3.3×), Alaska (3.1×), and Washington (1.9×), and least common in Iowa (0.36×).

13,136 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 Winter

1 other first name also has 10,006 people.

#2,467 Kallie · 10,006

Either side of Winter

#2,466 Harris · 10,007#2,467 Kallie · 10,006#2,469 Giuliana · 9,993#2,470 Maira · 9,988

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Winter, most common first.

#40,470 Winder · 184

Also a last name

As a last name, Winter ranks #1,119 of 156,621, with 30,758 people. See Winter as a last name

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