Snow
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SNOH
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,974 for girls
Snow is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “snow”. In 2025 it ranked 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).
What does Snow mean?
English: English word
“snow”
Familiar from Snow White, the fairy-tale heroine whose story was collected by the Brothers Grimm.
Is Snow a girl's or a boy's name?
Snow is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Snow in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Snow in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Snow in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
How popular is Snow in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,974among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 45,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Snow, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,221st. Its busiest year was 2014, with 79 girls. It first appears in the records in 1894.
2025 had fewer girls named Snow than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Snow in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 58 girls in the US were given Snow or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,374, up from #3,974 for this spelling alone.
- Snow 36
- Snoh 22
Snow in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,974 |
| 2024 | 43 | #3,575 |
| 2023 | 43 | #3,584 |
| 2022 | 54 | #3,033 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,958 |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,221 |
| 2019 | 48 | #3,271 |
| 2018 | 66 | #2,610 |
| 2017 | 60 | #2,816 |
| 2016 | 55 | #3,010 |
| 2015 | 59 | #2,927 |
| 2014 | 79 | #2,323 |
| 2013 | 59 | #2,869 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,214 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,438 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,722 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,379 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,352 |
Names like Snow
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wren Willow Poppy Meadow Noa Harper River Esme Dua Saoirse Remi Ivy
Other spellings of Snow
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Grace Violet Daisy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter Harrison Ellie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Snow: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/snow, updated 20 October 2026.