Names/S

Storm

boys’ name · 57%girls’ name · 43%Comeback · modern nameCompare

Storm is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 86 births. Its best rank was 841st, in 1995.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
860.01% of boys
Peak year
1995165 births
Best rank
#841in 1995
Since 1946
6,168people given the name
Babies named Storm, by year of birthboysgirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

3,534 boys have been named Storm in the United States since 1946, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1995, with 165 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 1990s alone account for 38%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Storm is used for both sexes: 43% of its bearers are girls (2,634), most of them born around 2023.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadeboys named Storm
1940s12
1950s46
1960s28
1970s41
1980s196
1990s1,344
2000s715
2010s634
2020s518

In 1995, its biggest year

Storm was the 841st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1995 were Michael, Matthew, Christopher, Jacob and Joshua. See all of 1995.

Names that rose and fell with Storm

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.