Whit
#1,942 for boys in 2025, 79 births
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,287since 1881
Whit over time
Rank among boys' names. Whit has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,942 | 79 |
| 2024 | #2,098 | 71 |
| 2023 | #2,387 | 57 |
| 2022 | #2,517 | 54 |
| 2021 | #2,732 | 46 |
| 2020 | #2,806 | 43 |
| 2019 | #3,201 | 36 |
| 2018 | #3,524 | 31 |
| 2017 | #3,586 | 30 |
| 2016 | #3,681 | 29 |
| 2015 | #3,775 | 28 |
| 2014 | #5,733 | 15 |
| 2013 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #4,862 | 19 |
| 2011 | #5,200 | 17 |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #5,800 | 15 |
| 2008 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1923 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #846 | 8 |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #700 | 8 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #605 | 10 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | #781 | 6 |
| 1880 | — | |
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 2023
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kansas#514 · 1 in 2,262
- Georgia#908 · 1 in 5,599
- Texas#2,628 · 1 in 35,481
Best ever in a state: #433 in Nebraska, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #514 | 6 | 1 in 2,262 |
| Georgia | #908 | 9 | 1 in 5,599 |
| Texas | #2,628 | 5 | 1 in 35,481 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Whit
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1886 at #605 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1881–1884
- 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%)
- 27.2% of all boys named Whit (350) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 39 | #605 (1886) | #816 |
| 1890s | 23 | #700 (1891) | #980 |
| 1900s | 35 | #846 (1903) | #1,165 |
| 1910s | 77 | #1,537 (1911) | #2,300 |
| 1920s | 99 | #1,839 (1924) | #2,943 |
| 1930s | 46 | #2,529 (1935) | #3,239 |
| 1940s | 55 | #2,478 (1940) | #3,003 |
| 1950s | 81 | #2,274 (1957) | #2,928 |
| 1960s | 63 | #2,538 (1961) | #3,438 |
| 1970s | 52 | #2,973 (1971) | #4,350 |
| 1980s | 36 | #4,552 (1984) | #5,879 |
| 1990s | 14 | #5,823 (1990) | #7,264 |
| 2000s | 89 | #5,800 (2009) | #8,152 |
| 2010s | 228 | #3,201 (2019) | #4,762 |
| 2020s | 350 | #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 2023
Top boys' names in 2023
More about 2023
boys
1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 30,010 of them was named Whit, which outranked 83.2% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,362Tegan58
- #2,362Tidus58
- #2,362Ziaire58
- #2,387Whit57
- #2,387Amaru57
- #2,387Atharva57
- #2,387Avir57
- #2,416Advaith56
- #2,416Arya56
- #2,416Binyamin56
Tied with 28 names at #2,387; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.