Winter
Top 1000
About Winter
Fresher, brisker and, yes, cooler than Summer or Autumn or Spring, Winter is now a full-fledged female choice, especially since Nicole Richie and Joel Madden used it for daughter Harlow's middle name, and Gretchen Mol picked it as her daughter's first, as did media mogul Sean Parker. Winter continues to be the preferred spelling and has risen in popularity significantly over the past few years.
Although Winter entered the U.S. Top 1000 in 1978, it was been used as a first name as early as the seventeenth century.
Some interesting international words for winter: Aeneva (Cheyenne, Native American), Cole (Chinook, Native American), Hima (Sanskrit), Jara (Hindi), Saradi (Hindi), Vandi (Kashmiri), Zaya (Old Persian) and Zima (Russian, Bulgarian). Here's a more complete look at winter baby names.
As of October 2026, Winter ranked #426 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #306 in 2022, Nameberry popularity #440.
Editor's take: The name Winter is a girl's name of English origin.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #553 | 560 | 313.5 |
| 2015 | #547 | 568 | 318.2 |
| 2016 | #504 | 621 | 350.4 |
| 2017 | #446 | 709 | 410.7 |
| 2018 | #388 | 799 | 469.7 |
| 2019 | #325 | 983 | 585.7 |
| 2020 | #315 | 1,009 | 624.2 |
| 2021 | #322 | 1,011 | 616.1 |
| 2022 | #306 | 1,051 | 640.8 |
| 2023 | #369 | 830 | 517.3 |
| 2024 | #385 | 816 | 503.6 |
| 2025 | #426 | 732 | 455.4 |
World rankings
Similar names
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Winter on lists
Famous Winters
- Winter
ring name of Katarina Leigh Waters, American pro wrestler
- Winter Ave Zoli
American actress
- Winter Morgan Williams (b. 2011)
daughter of actress Gretchen Mol and director Tod Williams
- Winter Victoria Parker (2013)
daughter of social media mogul Sean Parker
- Winter
stage name of Kim Min,jeong. member of Korean Idol group Aespa
Winter in pop culture
- Winter Santiaga
main character in "The Coldest Winter Ever" by Sister Soulja
- Winter
princess character in Marissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicles
- Winter Schnee
character in Web Series RWBY
- Winter Anderson
character on TV's "American Horror Story: Cult"
- Winter
character in the Star Wars: Legends series
- Winter
dolphin in movie "Dolphin Tale"
- Dear Winter
song by AJR
- Winter
Protagonist of Winter Turning, book 7 of Tui T. Sutherland's best selling Wings of Fire series