Winter

What Winter means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Winter yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #547 in 2015 to #426 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Winter?

US: Rising: up from #547 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #674 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 1,053 girls got the name (#304 that year). First in the US records in 1954.

How common

• About 1 in 2,196 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,146 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,578 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NH (1.84 per 1,000 girls), WV (1.18 per 1,000 girls), MS (1.01 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Winter is #426 in the US and #364 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 90.5% of US babies named Winter were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Wonder13 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Winter

Girls

• Ivy#39From the word “ivy”^*
• Remi#145Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #502 in 2015, #145 in 2025
• Nova#46“new”^*
• Elena#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #106 in 2015, #42 in 2025. 5 letters, starting with a vowel
• Athena#109Editor’s note Up from #157 in 2015 to #109 in 2025 in the US
• Noelle#202Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #202 vs #705 in 2025

For a brother

• Maverick#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #184 in 2015, #49 in 2025
• Rhett#188“advice”^*
• Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”^*
• Bowen#266“son of Owen”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Winter’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.