girls:
984 births since 1894
#4732 (17th percentile)
boys:
54 births since 1914
#4532 (1st percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1894
#6701 (13th percentile)
The name Snow is the #6,701 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,038 recorded births since 1894. This represents the 13.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,732 (17.2% percentile) for all time with 984 births since 1894. For boys, it ranks #4,532 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 54 births since 1914.
Snow first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1894 (1894 for girls and 1914 for boys). Birth data for Snow is available in 55 out of the 130 years between 1894 and 2023 (55 years for girls and 7 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Snow has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 94.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Snow reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 7.7% percentile (ranked #893) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 40 births per million (ranked 7.7% percentile). Despite a low point in 2020, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Snow ranks #910 for girls (3.9% percentile) with 24 births per million, which is 59.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Snow reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #916) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1914, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Snow".
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