Given name & surname
Windy
“moving air; windy”
Windy is a variant of Wind. One American interpretation is “moving air; windy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Windy is a variant of Wind. One American interpretation is “moving air; windy.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Windy is a variant of Wind. An origin associated with Wind is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Windy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,983
- 12 boys · 4,971 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 310 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,835 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +4%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,835 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 310 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,536 as a first name in 2020; 125 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Windy
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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