# Windy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/windy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,983 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12 / 4,971 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Often a diminutive of names starting with Wi-, such as Wilhelmina and Winifred, with -y. Influenced by windy.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | 17,190 |
| 2010 | 9 | 12,224 |
| 2011 | 7 | 14,757 |
| 2012 | 9 | 12,161 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,914 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,886 |
| 2015 | 7 | 14,410 |
| 2016 | 6 | 16,126 |
| 2017 | 7 | 14,034 |
| 2018 | 9 | 11,389 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,986 |
| 2021 | 6 | 15,140 |
| 2022 | 9 | 11,188 |
| 2024 | 8 | 12,089 |
| 2025 | 6 | 14,835 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 6 | 5,211 |
| 1983 | 6 | 6,213 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.