Windham

#5,838 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning not yet documented

Windham has been given to 53 babies in the U.S. since 1987. In 2025 it ranked #5,838 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 18 recorded.

Babies named Windham, 2025

1 in 207,000

Windham over time, 1880–2025

Boys
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

How common is Windham?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 207,000
16 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 107,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,838
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
143,620 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Windham 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 143,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Windham. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Windhams were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Windham was born before 2024 — so the typical Windham is around 1 today.

Median birth year
2024
About 1 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
81.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
90.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
53
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Choose a decade

2020s — 81.1% of all recorded uses (43).

Is Windham 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
−413
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
88.9%
Peak was 2024 (18)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,425
2024

Windham by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,838
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#5,425
2024
Peak year
2024
18 that year
First recorded
1987
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
53
Count in 2025
16

Names similar to Windham

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Sibling names for Windham

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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