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Stormy

#1,979 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Stormy, wild, turbulent

Stormy has been given to 8,609 babies in the U.S. since 1944. In 2025 it ranked #1,979 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1992, with 252 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% girls, 10% boys all-time.

Babies named Stormy, 2025

1 in 33,800

Stormy over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Stormy over time

In 2025, Stormy went to 90% girls and 10% boys.

19442025

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.

Stormy: meaning, origin, and history

Stormy, wild, turbulent

English

What Stormy means

Stormy means “stormy, wild, turbulent”.

Origin, language, and formation

Stormy is used in English. Its origins include English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7,709 girls were recorded with the name Stormy between 1944 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 252 in 1992; its best national rank was #799 in 1992.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,666 in 2020 to #1,979 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,684 in 2015 to #1,979 in 2025.

In the United States, 900 boys were recorded with the name Stormy between 1947 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 40 in 1990; its best national rank was #1,934 in 1990.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,974 in 2020 to #7,607 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,473 in 2015 to #7,607 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 Stormy?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 33,800
98 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 16,400
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,979
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
23,449 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Stormy sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 23,449 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Stormy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Stormys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Stormy was born before 1996 — so the typical Stormy is around 29 today.

Median birth year
1996
About 29 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
26.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
39.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
7,683
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 26.3% of all recorded uses (2,028).

Is Stormy 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
−171
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−313
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−295
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.77×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
38.9%
Peak was 1992 (252)
Years since peak
33
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#799
1992

Spellings of Stormy

Stormy is the most-used spelling, taking 24.9% of the 31,014 babies given a near-identical spelling.

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 Stormy is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Stormy was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 5,000 girls, against 1 in 17,605 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

120 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oklahoma1 in 5,000
  2. 2Missouri1 in 7,143
  3. 3Mississippi1 in 9,091
  4. 4Tennessee1 in 10,000
  5. 5Arkansas1 in 11,111
  6. 6Kentucky1 in 11,111
  7. 7Alabama1 in 12,500
  8. 8Florida1 in 12,500

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.

Where Stormy is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Stormy was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 200,496 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oklahoma1 in 100,000
  2. 2Texas1 in —

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. Stormy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Stormy around the world

Where Stormy 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
    2021–2021
    #5,581
    in 2021
  • Canada
    2021–2024
    #3,027
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1989–1989
    #692
    in 1989

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

Notable people named Stormy

People whose public names include Stormy, 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.

Stormy in other languages

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

StormStormi

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

Stormy by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,979
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 313
Best rank ever
#799
1992
Peak year
1992
252 that year
First recorded
1944
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7,709
Count in 2025
98

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,607
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 367
Best rank ever
#1,934
1990
Peak year
1990
40 that year
First recorded
1947
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
900
Count in 2025
11

Names similar to Stormy

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

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Names with a curve like Stormy

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

MarcelaDanaeIlanaChristianaShaeSarinaFlorAnnalisaMalikaIleanaSheaRebeca

Sibling names for Stormy

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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