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Storm

#2,124 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Storm has been given to 6,394 babies in the U.S. since 1946. In 2025 it ranked #2,124 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1995, with 165 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 56% boys, 44% girls all-time.

Babies named Storm, 2025

1 in 48,000

Storm over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Storm over time

In 2025, Storm went to 68% girls and 32% boys.

19462025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Storm: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Storm means

Storm is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Storm is used in English and Danish.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,605 boys were recorded with the name Storm between 1946 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 165 in 1995; its best national rank was #838 in 1995.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,577 in 2020 to #2,124 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,164 in 2015 to #2,124 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,789 girls were recorded with the name Storm between 1946 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 150 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,442 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,653 in 2020 to #1,442 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,427 in 2015 to #1,442 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Storm?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 48,000
69 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 24,800
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,124
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
33,304 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Storm sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 33,304 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Storm. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Storms were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Storm was born before 2001 — so the typical Storm is around 24 today.

Median birth year
2001
About 24 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
37.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
51.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,593
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 37.3% of all recorded uses (1,344).

Is Storm rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−250
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−547
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+40
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.08×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
41.8%
Peak was 1995 (165)
Years since peak
30
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#838
1995

Spellings of Storm

Storm is not the most common spelling — Tom is, with 86.1% against Storm's 2.2%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Storm is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Storm was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 2,941 boys, against 1 in 24,222 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

134 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 2,941
  2. 2Ohio1 in 6,667
  3. 3Pennsylvania1 in 12,500
  4. 4Florida1 in 20,000
  5. 5New York1 in 20,000
  6. 6California1 in 33,333
  7. 7Georgia1 in 33,333
  8. 8Maryland1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Storm is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Storm was most concentrated in Maryland — about 1 in 4,762 girls, against 1 in 13,680 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

121 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Maryland1 in 4,762
  2. 2Pennsylvania1 in 6,667
  3. 3Georgia1 in 7,143
  4. 4Michigan1 in 7,692
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 8,333
  6. 6Ohio1 in 8,333
  7. 7New York1 in 9,091
  8. 8Florida1 in 10,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Storm around the world

Where Storm ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #2,014
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2023–2023
    #614
    in 2023
  • Norway
    1880–2025
    #78
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,134
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1983–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Storm

People whose public names include Storm, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Storm in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Storm. Linked forms have their own page here.

StormyStormé

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Storm by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,124
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 547
Best rank ever
#838
1995
Peak year
1995
165 that year
First recorded
1946
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,605
Count in 2025
69

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,442
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 211
Best rank ever
#1,442
2025
Peak year
2025
150 that year
First recorded
1946
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,789
Count in 2025
150

Names similar to Storm

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

StoneStoneyStormyStoryStocktonStokesStonyStoicStokelyNormStoriStoyStonewallStoshStormeStoweElormStonieStolasStokleyStoddardStoverStormey

Names with a curve like Storm

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Storm, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MontanaKodiHakeemDevontaeTaranJaleelDeontaeMohamadDakodaDemetriJavonteTrae

Sibling names for Storm

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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