Windy
Windy is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. Its best rank was 553rd, in 1975.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1975310 births
- Best rank
- #553in 1975
- Since 1948
- 4,965people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,965 girls have been named Windy in the United States since 1948, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1975, with 310 births.
The name has all but left use: 8 births in 2024, against 310 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1974, and the 1970s alone account for 50%. It has spent 14 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1975, its biggest year
Windy was the 553rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1975 were Jennifer, Amy, Heather, Melissa and Angela. See all of 1975.
Names that rose and fell with Windy
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Billiejopeak 1974
- Latanyapeak 1972
- Tawanapeak 1974
- Tajuanapeak 1972
- Toyapeak 1976
- Shonnapeak 1977
- Shondapeak 1970
- Tawandapeak 1977
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.