Windy
Windy was the 14835th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 553rd with 310 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 425 places. More babies were named Windy in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #14,835 girls, up 151 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 6girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1975310 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,983babies recorded
Windy popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 12 since 1974.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,835 | 6 |
| 2020 | #14,986 | 6 |
| 2010 | #12,224 | 9 |
| 2000 | #7,565 | 14 |
| 1990 | #2,400 | 52 |
| 1980 | #976 | 153 |
| 1970 | #707 | 220 |
| 1960 | #1,403 | 62 |
| 1950 | #2,780 | 15 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Windy, counting every spelling?
Windy has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Windy?
6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Windy (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Windy born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Windy.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Windy?
About 4,600 people born in the US named Windy are alive today, with a median age of 51; half are between 46 and 56. That makes Windy mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Windy: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Windy, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Windy
How popular is the name Windy?
Windy was the 14835th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 553rd with 310 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 425 places. More babies were named Windy in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Windy a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Windy in the US.