Whitaker

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592 · #2,167 for boys in 2025, 66 births
Given to boys 98.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2,167
2025 · 66 births
Debut · boys
1949
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
849
since 1949

Whitaker over time

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Rank among boys' names. Whitaker has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025—#2,16766
2024—#2,21065
2023—#2,61450
2022#13,5926#2,67549
2021—#2,19364
2020—#2,58649
2019—#2,49153
2018—#2,70845
2017—#2,29557
2016—#2,62647
2015—#3,08537
2014#16,5135#3,23434
2013—#4,18023
2012—#5,03518
2011—#4,98318
2010—#5,25117
2009—#3,33233
2008—#5,06718
2007—#5,21017
2006—#9,5857
2005—#7,6409
2004—#8,1438
2003—#7,8318
2002—#7,0559
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1999—#7,8747
1998—#8,4796
1997—#8,1106
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First appearance
1949

The first year at least five boys were named Whitaker! It came in at #3,690, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1949–1991, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Whitaker is popular in 2016

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedHITexas: #2,389 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 37,043 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Whitaker, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#2,389 · 1 in 37,043

Best ever in a state: #727 in Alabama, 2019.

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See more about Whitaker
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 43 spots since 2024 (#2,210 → #2,167)
  • 419 spots since 2020 (#2,586 → #2,167)
  • 918 spots since 2015 (#3,085 → #2,167)
Rise & fade · boys
76 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1949
  • Peaked 2025 at #2,167 (66 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 25,880
  • Highest: 1 in 25,880 boys born in 2025 were named Whitaker (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 41.1% of all boys named Whitaker (349) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s5#3,690 (1949)#3,690
1950s0——
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1980s10#6,238 (1983)#7,072
1990s25#7,422 (1992)#7,971
2000s117#3,332 (2009)#6,809
2010s349#2,295 (2017)#3,589
2020s343#2,167 (2025)#2,408

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.

Whitaker in 2016

boys
#2,626
47 births · 1 in 40,377 boys

Top boys' names in 2016

  1. #1Noah19,188
  2. #2Liam18,277
  3. #3William15,810
  4. #4Mason15,287
  5. #5James14,920
  6. #6Benjamin14,686
  7. #7Jacob14,559
  8. #8Michael14,145
  9. #9Elijah13,982
  10. #10Ethan13,855
  11. #2,626Whitaker47
More about 2016

boys

1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 40,377 of them was named Whitaker, which outranked 81.5% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Whitaker
  1. #2,587Xavien48
  2. #2,587Yerik48
  3. #2,587Yug48
  4. #2,626Whitaker47
  5. #2,626Amado47
  6. #2,626Auron47
  7. #2,626Aviel47
  8. #2,661Amaan46
  9. #2,661Axyl46
  10. #2,661Baruch46

Tied with 34 names at #2,626; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,327Kylo#3,231 → #904
  2. ↑ 355Creed#1,340 → #985
  3. ↑ 349Benicio#1,327 → #978
  4. ↑ 303Adonis#698 → #395
  5. ↑ 291Fox#1,035 → #744
Fallers
  1. ↓ 477Jonael#922 → #1,399
  2. ↓ 238Aaden#784 → #1,022
  3. ↓ 233Triston#950 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 223Freddy#993 → #1,216
  5. ↓ 207Chace#934 → #1,141

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

See the top 100 for 2016 →