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Windsor

#6,116 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Reel, spool

Windsor has been given to 1,040 babies in the U.S. since 1912. In 2025 it ranked #6,116 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 17 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 54% boys, 46% girls all-time.

Babies named Windsor, 2025

1 in 221,000

Windsor over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Windsor went to 59% girls and 41% boys.

19122025

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.

Windsor: meaning, origin, and history

Reel, spool

surname transfer

What Windsor means

Windsor means “reel, spool”, associated with windel.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Inherited from Middle English Wyndelsore, from Old English Windlesōra (“Windsor”, literally “bank with a windlass, winch by the riverside”), from *windel ("reel, winch"; > Middle English windel (“reel, spool”)) + ōra (“bank, shore”). See windlass.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Windsor (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Windsor is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Windsor comes through Middle English Wyndelsore and Old English Windlesōra.

Windsor is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Windsor is pronounced /ˈwɪndzɚ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 564 boys were recorded with the name Windsor between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 17 in 2024; its best national rank was #2,086 in 1925.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,960 in 2020 to #6,116 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,465 in 2015 to #6,116 in 2025.

In the United States, 476 girls were recorded with the name Windsor between 1985 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 40 in 2024; its best national rank was #3,815 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,999 in 2020 to #5,713 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,483 in 2015 to #5,713 in 2025.

How common is Windsor?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 221,000
15 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 114,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,116
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
153,194 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Windsor 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 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Windsor. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Windsors were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Windsor was born before 1963 — so the typical Windsor is around 62 today.

Median birth year
1963
About 62 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
15.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
31.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
346
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 15.8% of all recorded uses (89).

Is Windsor 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
−475
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−156
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,349
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.36×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
88.2%
Peak was 2024 (17)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
34.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,086
1925

Where Windsor is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Windsor was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,113,103 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2North Carolina1 in —
  3. 3Tennessee1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —
  5. 5Virginia1 in —

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

Windsor around the world

Where Windsor 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.

  • South Australia
    2004–2004
    #589
    in 2004

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Windsor by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,116
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 156
Best rank ever
#2,086
1925
Peak year
2024
17 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
564
Count in 2025
15

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,713
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,714
Best rank ever
#3,815
2024
Peak year
2024
40 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
476
Count in 2025
22

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

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Sibling names for Windsor

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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