Winter
Meaning
winter season
The story
Winter is the coldest season, and it arrived in the nursery last: Summer and Autumn built the seasonal register decades ago, as Harmony's story noted, and Winter idled below 900 a decade into the 1980s while its warmer sisters climbed. The catch-up is now complete: about 1,400 in the 1990s, 2,200, then 5,800 in the 2010s, and 5,800 again so far this decade, past the full total by a whisker, which our records state at exactly that width. The split runs about 15,600 girls to 1,000 boys all-time. Winter reads differently than its sisters: not harvest or warmth but stillness, clarity, the season of firsts held indoors. Families choosing it now are taking the register's last seat, and the record suggests the seat was worth the wait.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Winter peaked in the 2020s.
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Popularity in Brazil
247 people · the #21,858 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 33
Among people named Winter living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Winter
Most people given the name Winter in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Winter deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Winter truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Winter fits with your family’s names and surname.
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