Storm

A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning tempest or violent wind.

Babies a year
163
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1719
17 babies

Storm by the numbers

In 2025, 17 babies in England and Wales were named Storm. In the US, 163 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 165 babies in 1995, making it a 1990s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Storm. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Storme5 in the US (2017)
  • Satorisudden enlightenment or awakening in zen buddhism10 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean the wind

Like Storm, each of these has the wind in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Raidenthunder and lightning god; thunder deity815 in the US (2017)
  • Raydenthunder and lightning god; a modern spelling of Raiden394 in the US (2017)
  • Keanucool breeze over the mountains40 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Torinstern; thunder; a form of Torsten36 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Audrastorm174 in the US (2017)
  • Zephyrwest wind; god of the west wind166 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Storm

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