Whit

#1,942 for boys in 2025, 79 births

Peak · boys
1886 · 10 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,287
since 1881

Whit over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Whit has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913peak #605, 1886boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,94279
2024#2,09871
2023#2,38757
2022#2,51754
2021#2,73246
2020#2,80643
2019#3,20136
2018#3,52431
2017#3,58630
2016#3,68129
2015#3,77528
2014#5,73315
2013#5,92314
2012#4,86219
2011#5,20017
2010#8,1399
2009#5,80015
2008#7,18711
2007#7,09411
2006#7,42710
2005#6,22612
2004#11,3565
2003#9,5816
2002#9,3926
2001#9,2436
2000#8,2097
1999#8,7046
1998—
1997—
1996—
1995—
1994—
1993—
1992—
1991—
1990#5,8238
1989—
1988#6,4266
1987—
1986#6,7215
1985#5,7856
1984#4,5528
1983—
1982—
1981#6,2625
1980#5,5256
1979#5,3556
1978#5,7725
1977—
1976#4,9356
1975—
1974#3,8378
1973#4,5056
1972—
1971#2,97311
1970#3,07110
1969#3,3148
1968#3,3657
1967—
1966#3,9485
1965#3,9305
1964#2,8549
1963#3,6466
1962#3,3057
1961#2,53811
1960#4,0385
1959#3,9885
1958#2,50611
1957#2,27413
1956#2,62810
1955#3,8865
1954#2,59210
1953#2,39111
1952#2,37611
1951#3,7145
1950—
1949#2,8028
1948—
1947#3,0967
1946—
1945#2,7437
1944#3,1096
1943#2,7328
1942#3,5605
1941#3,5055
1940#2,4789
1939—
1938#2,8687
1937—
1936—
1935#2,5299
1934#3,6795
1933#3,6425
1932#3,0927
1931#2,8648
1930#4,0015
1929#3,2477
1928#2,8439
1927#3,4517
1926#3,1398
1925#2,9369
1924#1,83919
1923#2,12315
1922#3,8726
1921#3,5177
1920#2,45912
1919#2,26513
1918#2,8829
1917#2,42311
1916#2,38911
1915#2,8298
1914#2,2719
1913#1,80310
1912—
1911#1,5376
1910—
1909#1,4405
1908—
1907—
1906#1,2535
1905#1,0027
1904—
1903#8468
1902#1,1375
1901—
1900#1,3105
1899—
1898—
1897—
1896—
1895#1,0795
1894#1,0745
1893—
1892#1,0665
1891#7008
1890—
1889—
1888#9176
1887—
1886#60510
1885—
1884#8486
1883#7996
1882#9435
1881#7816
1880—
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Whit! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Whit is popular in 1913

No state had 5 or more boys named Whit in 1913, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Whit
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 156 spots since 2024 (#2,098 → #1,942)
  • 864 spots since 2020 (#2,806 → #1,942)
  • 1,833 spots since 2015 (#3,775 → #1,942)
  • Biggest jump: 291 spots in 1903 (#1,137 → #846)
  • Biggest drop: 366 spots in 1892 (#700 → #1,066)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1886 at #605 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1881–1884
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,078
  • Highest: 1 in 11,078 boys born in 1886 were named Whit (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 21,621 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 27.2% of all boys named Whit (350) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s39#605 (1886)#816
1890s23#700 (1891)#980
1900s35#846 (1903)#1,165
1910s77#1,537 (1911)#2,300
1920s99#1,839 (1924)#2,943
1930s46#2,529 (1935)#3,239
1940s55#2,478 (1940)#3,003
1950s81#2,274 (1957)#2,928
1960s63#2,538 (1961)#3,438
1970s52#2,973 (1971)#4,350
1980s36#4,552 (1984)#5,879
1990s14#5,823 (1990)#7,264
2000s89#5,800 (2009)#8,152
2010s228#3,201 (2019)#4,762
2020s350#1,942 (2025)#2,414

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Whit in 1913

boys
#1,803
10 births · 1 in 51,257 boys

Top boys' names in 1913

  1. #1John29,329
  2. #2William23,538
  3. #3James20,832
  4. #4Robert15,684
  5. #5Joseph14,471
  6. #6George13,874
  7. #7Charles13,191
  8. #8Edward9,474
  9. #9Frank9,237
  10. #10Thomas7,096
  11. #1,803Whit10
More about 1913

boys

512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 51,257 of them was named Whit, which outranked 44.7% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Whit
  1. #1,676Young11
  2. #1,676Zeno11
  3. #1,676Zygmunt11
  4. #1,803Whit10
  5. #1,803Albino10
  6. #1,803Aleck10
  7. #1,803Algernon10
  8. #1,945Achille9
  9. #1,945Afton9
  10. #1,945Agustus9

Tied with 141 names at #1,803; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,050Mathias#1,885 → #835
  2. ↑ 935Hymen#1,885 → #950
  3. ↑ 796Waldemar#1,746 → #950
  4. ↑ 751Rolf#1,746 → #995
  5. ↑ 689Domenico#1,619 → #930
Fallers
  1. ↓ 975Holland#970 → #1,945
  2. ↓ 885Cameron#918 → #1,803
  3. ↓ 868Larue#935 → #1,803
  4. ↓ 726Irene#854 → #1,580
  5. ↓ 688Hughie#892 → #1,580

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1913 →