unisex name

Windsor

  • Gender Unisex
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,045

Windsor is a unisex name with 2 syllables. It is given to both girls and boys — about 46% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2025 it was given to 37 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2024, when 57 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 89,606 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • Windsor started out as a boys' name and is now given almost entirely to girls.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1912.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Windsor over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Windsor by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 37
1920s 89
1930s 52
1940s 40
1950s 51
1960s 35
1970s 16
1980s 34
1990s 55
2000s 77
2010s 293
2020s (to 2025) 261

How popular is Windsor?

In 2025, Windsor was given to 37 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Windsor is used

Canada #3,285 5 in 2015
United States #5,578 37 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Windsor

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Windsor also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Windsor over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Windsor

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Windsor — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Windsor

How popular is the name Windsor?

In 2025, Windsor was given to 37 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Windsor a girl's or a boy's name?

Windsor is used for both girls and boys. About 46% of recorded births with this name are girls.

How many syllables are in Windsor?

Windsor has 2 syllables.

When was Windsor most popular?

Windsor peaked in 2024, when 57 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Windsor a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Windsor currently ranks #5,578 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.

Was Windsor originally a boys' or girls' name?

Windsor was given mostly to boys in the earliest US birth records and is now given almost entirely to girls.