girls:
2.5k births since 1946
#3464 (39th percentile)
boys:
3.4k births since 1946
#2129 (54th percentile)
overall:
5.9k births since 1946
#3520 (55th percentile)
The name Storm is the #3,520 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,947 recorded births since 1946. This represents the 54.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 54.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,129 (53.6% percentile) for all time with 3,445 births since 1946. For girls, it ranks #3,464 (39.4% percentile) for all time with 2,502 births since 1946.
Storm first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1946 . Birth data for Storm is available in 69 out of the 78 years between 1946 and 2023 (65 years for boys and 58 years for girls). 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 Storm has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (57.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 41.9% of babies named Storm were boys.
For boys, Storm reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 19.9% percentile (ranked #641) with 82 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 82 births per million (ranked 19.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Storm ranks #815 for boys (10.5% percentile) with 55 births per million, which is 67.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Storm reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 14.4% percentile (ranked #801) with 78 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 80 births per million (ranked 14.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Storm is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #812 (14.3% percentile) with 80 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Storm".
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