# Winter (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/winter/  
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 | Wintour |
| US babies named this | 16,656 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,037 / 15,619 (94% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,723, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 240 | 1,040 |
| 2012 | 358 | 772 |
| 2013 | 433 | 659 |
| 2014 | 561 | 553 |
| 2015 | 568 | 547 |
| 2016 | 622 | 503 |
| 2017 | 709 | 446 |
| 2018 | 799 | 388 |
| 2019 | 985 | 325 |
| 2020 | 1,009 | 315 |
| 2021 | 1,013 | 322 |
| 2022 | 1,053 | 305 |
| 2023 | 831 | 369 |
| 2024 | 819 | 385 |
| 2025 | 732 | 426 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 6,559 |
| 2012 | 34 | 3,294 |
| 2013 | 19 | 4,969 |
| 2014 | 35 | 3,230 |
| 2015 | 33 | 3,426 |
| 2016 | 46 | 2,686 |
| 2017 | 42 | 2,889 |
| 2018 | 36 | 3,236 |
| 2019 | 50 | 2,624 |
| 2020 | 51 | 2,545 |
| 2021 | 72 | 2,057 |
| 2022 | 65 | 2,240 |
| 2023 | 56 | 2,437 |
| 2024 | 61 | 2,343 |
| 2025 | 77 | 1,990 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 1,665 |
| 2012 | 26 | 1,253 |
| 2013 | 35 | 1,018 |
| 2014 | 47 | 814 |
| 2015 | 60 | 674 |
| 2016 | 45 | 837 |
| 2017 | 97 | 453 |
| 2018 | 158 | 298 |
| 2019 | 154 | 310 |
| 2020 | 169 | 278 |
| 2021 | 178 | 266 |
| 2022 | 173 | 263 |
| 2023 | 147 | 297 |
| 2024 | 110 | 392 |
| 2025 | 118 | 364 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,587 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,492 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## People named Winter

- Ariel Winter, American actress
- Winter Williams, American actress
- Winter Ave Zoli, American actress and model
- Rainn Wilson, American actor, comedian, producer, and writer

## 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.