Winter

“The winter season” — English origin

Girl's name · #426 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Winter is near its high-water mark: it reached #305 in 2022 and still ranked #426 in 2025. About 16,000 girls have carried it since 1954. Winter’s use for girls increased sharply in 1978, when the daytime drama The Edge of Night introduced a character named Winter. Together with its spelling variant Wynter (#457), Winter would rank around #218 with about 1,400 births last year — the newborns split about 52/48 between Winter and Wynter.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,100 girls in New Zealand (2025) · about 1 in 2,100 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 2,900 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 44 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Winters

Winter — South Korean singer (born 2001)
Winter Williams — American actress
Winter Ave Zoli — American actress and model
Winter Vinecki — American freestyle skier and athlete
Winter Miller — American journalist

In stories & tradition

Winter Schnee — RWBY
Winter — The Fairy-Queen

What Winters become

Among 25 notable people named Winter:

Entertainers appear 2.84× more often than among typical names — e.g. Winter, South Korean singer (born 2001).

Similar names: Wynter · Charlee · Wynonna · Sunny · Carter · Hunter

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