Given name & surname
Snow
“frozen rain”
Snow is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “frozen rain.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “frozen rain.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1894. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Snow through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,133
- 67 boys · 1,066 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 85 babies
- 2025
- 36
- #4,056 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 36 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,056 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 16.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 79 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,172 as a first name in 2020; 46,310 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Snow’s family of names
In English usage, Snow shares an earlier linguistic root with Neha. Snow has a related form in Sno. Snow has a related form in Snowea.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Snow
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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