Snow
Feminine · “snow”
Snow is given to both — 1,066 girls and 67 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Snow is the English word, and it is one of the oldest in the language — the same root gives Latin nix, Greek nipha and Russian sneg, which is about as deep as a word goes.
How old is the name Snow?
Snow first appears in US birth records in 1894 — 131 years ago. The typical Snow is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,000 people named Snow are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Snow most popular?
Snow peaked in 1894, reaching #1353 nationally. Today it ranks #3975, 2,622 places below that high. See the whole 1894 chart.
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Where it comes from
From snaw to Snow
The story of Snow
Snaw is Old English and the word has changed hardly at all in a thousand years. It is also an English surname, given for pale hair or complexion or for someone living somewhere cold. Its use as a given name appears in American records around 1890 in small numbers and again from the 2010s, alongside the other weather names.
Meaning
snow
From Old English snaw, from a Proto-Indo-European root that produced the word for snow in nearly every branch of the family; it is one of the small set of words that survived intact from the parent language.
How the name formed
- snaw
- snow
Related forms: Nieve · Nix · Снег
Pronouncing Snow
SNOH
One syllable. There is no variation in English.
Nicknames for Snow
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1894
- Most girls named
- 201479 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1353reached in 1894
- Change vs 2024
- −16.3%36 in 2025, from 43
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Snow in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Nieve in Spanish — related form
- Nix in Latin — related form
- Снег in Russian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Snows among us
people named Snow are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 44,646 born in 2025 was named Snow
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Snow sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Snow is headed
Snow should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Snow beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Snow in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- An ordinary English word, so nobody has to be taught to say or spell it.
- Four letters and one syllable — as short as a name gets.
- A genuinely ancient word with an unbroken history behind it.
- It is a very common word and will be read as one rather than as a name at first.
- A fairy-tale character carries it as half a name, which is a strong association.
- A one-syllable name gives no room for a nickname.
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Snow
Feminine · #3975 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Snows are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Snow are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Snow in 2025?
- Snow ranks #3975 among US girl names in 2025, with 36 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Snow?
- About 1 in every 44,646 US girls born in 2025 was named Snow — 36 in all.
- Will my child share the name Snow with classmates?
- Snow will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Snow
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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