Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Windy

#2,482 most common girls' name of all time · #4,220 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1948–2025

Rank among girls
#2,482
Rank overall
#4,220 of 105,966
First appeared
1948
Years on the list
76 of 146
All-time
4,983
Since 2016
57
Peak year
1975 #552
Best rank
#552 1975
📖The word “windy” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 310/yr
1960198020002020

Windy first appears in 1948. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6 — 6 #13,449
2024 8 — 8 #11,278
2022 9 — 9 #10,525
2021 6 — 6 #13,714
2020 6 — 6 #13,690
2018 9 — 9 #10,684
2017 7 — 7 #12,914
2016 6 — 6 #14,580
2015 7 — 7 #13,188
2014 9 — 9 #11,107
2013 9 — 9 #11,147
2012 9 — 9 #11,389
2011 7 — 7 #13,548
2010 9 — 9 #11,394
2009 6 — 6 #15,482
2008 7 — 7 #14,051
2007 15 — 15 #8,181
2006 14 — 14 #8,329
2005 14 — 14 #7,987
2004 11 — 11 #9,380
2003 13 — 13 #8,103
2002 11 — 11 #8,961
2001 11 — 11 #8,876
2000 14 — 14 #7,243
1999 13 — 13 #7,360
1998 23 — 23 #4,684
1997 19 — 19 #5,284
1996 21 — 21 #4,777
1995 17 — 17 #5,500
1994 19 — 19 #5,079
1993 30 — 30 #3,614
1992 24 — 24 #4,285
1991 28 — 28 #3,750
1990 52 — 52 #2,383
1989 30 — 30 #3,434
1988 45 — 45 #2,431
1987 56 — 56 #2,008
1986 48 — 48 #2,182
1985 60 — 60 #1,866
1984 78 — 78 #1,482
1983 79 6 85 #1,470
1982 87 — 87 #1,409
1981 146 — 146 #1,002
1980 153 — 153 #973
1979 227 — 227 #731
1978 220 — 220 #720
1977 215 — 215 #720
1976 251 — 251 #623
1975 310 — 310 #552
1974 270 6 276 #586
1973 242 — 242 #628
1972 270 — 270 #595
1971 249 — 249 #654
1970 220 — 220 #707
1969 178 — 178 #756
1968 159 — 159 #798
1967 161 — 161 #786
1966 83 — 83 #1,177
1965 69 — 69 #1,319
1964 65 — 65 #1,402
1963 59 — 59 #1,460
1962 61 — 61 #1,427
1961 52 — 52 #1,577
1960 62 — 62 #1,404
1959 52 — 52 #1,513
1958 54 — 54 #1,466
1957 33 — 33 #1,926
1956 38 — 38 #1,735
1955 17 — 17 #2,828
1954 23 — 23 #2,292
1953 23 — 23 #2,235
1952 13 — 13 #3,194
1951 13 — 13 #3,099
1950 15 — 15 #2,779
1949 7 — 7 #4,642
1948 9 — 9 #3,882