Whitley
#675 for girls in 2025, 420 births · #1,808 for boys in 2025, 88 births
Given to girls 90.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1988 · 508 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,148since 1984
Whitley over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #675 | 420 | #1,808 | 88 |
| 2024 | #684 | 417 | #1,997 | 77 |
| 2023 | #735 | 383 | #1,954 | 79 |
| 2022 | #880 | 316 | #2,269 | 63 |
| 2021 | #855 | 320 | #2,588 | 50 |
| 2020 | #946 | 271 | #3,074 | 37 |
| 2019 | #939 | 281 | #2,694 | 47 |
| 2018 | #998 | 262 | #2,748 | 44 |
| 2017 | #1,005 | 258 | #2,840 | 42 |
| 2016 | #1,047 | 251 | #3,358 | 33 |
| 2015 | #1,139 | 222 | #5,507 | 16 |
| 2014 | #1,235 | 197 | #5,997 | 14 |
| 2013 | #1,371 | 170 | #5,659 | 15 |
| 2012 | #1,452 | 157 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #1,446 | 156 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #1,720 | 121 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #1,956 | 106 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #2,511 | 75 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #2,485 | 75 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #2,328 | 81 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #2,225 | 82 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #1,999 | 92 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,106 | 83 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,805 | 99 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,922 | 90 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,689 | 104 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,612 | 104 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,526 | 110 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #1,530 | 105 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #1,337 | 127 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #1,225 | 140 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #1,018 | 182 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #925 | 206 | — | |
| 1992 | #842 | 236 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #618 | 365 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #547 | 432 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #489 | 480 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #446 | 508 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #2,156 | 50 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
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| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
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| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
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| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
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| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
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| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
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| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
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| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
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| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
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| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
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| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
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| 1918 | — | #3,096 | 8 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
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| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Whitley! It came in at #9,144, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1985, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Whitley is popular in 2006
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Kentucky#454 · 1 in 2,256
- Missouri#801 · 1 in 4,949
- Georgia#1,366 · 1 in 8,972
- Ohio#1,394 · 1 in 11,460
- Texas#2,431 · 1 in 23,739
Best ever in a state: #101 in Arkansas, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #454 | 9 | 1 in 2,256 |
| Missouri | #801 | 6 | 1 in 4,949 |
| Georgia | #1,366 | 6 | 1 in 8,972 |
| Ohio | #1,394 | 5 | 1 in 11,460 |
| Texas | #2,431 | 7 | 1 in 23,739 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Whitley
- 9 spots since 2024 (#684 → #675)
- 271 spots since 2020 (#946 → #675)
- 464 spots since 2015 (#1,139 → #675)
- Biggest jump: 1,710 spots in 1988 (#2,156 → #446)
- Biggest drop: 224 spots in 1992 (#618 → #842)
- Debuted 1984
- Peaked 1988 at #446 (508 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 2018–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,506 girls born in 1988 were named Whitley (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,827 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 26.1% of all girls named Whitley (2,127) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1985, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,052 | #446 (1988) | #3,997 |
| 1990s | 2,007 | #547 (1990) | #1,118 |
| 2000s | 887 | #1,689 (2000) | #2,103 |
| 2010s | 2,075 | #939 (2019) | #1,235 |
| 2020s | 2,127 | #675 (2025) | #796 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Whitley in 2006
Top girls' names in 2006
Top boys' names in 2006
More about 2006
girls
1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 23,472 of them was named Whitley, which outranked 88.4% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,308Tallulah82
- #2,308Taniah82
- #2,308Tierney82
- #2,328Whitley81
- #2,328Anayeli81
- #2,328Annabeth81
- #2,328Bernice81
- #2,353Aislyn80
- #2,353Akilah80
- #2,353Alizabeth80
Tied with 24 names at #2,328; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
- ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
- ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
- ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
- ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 228,364 of them was named Whitley, which outranked 43.1% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #7,427Zeyad10
- #7,427Zhi10
- #7,427Zykee10
- #7,998Whitley9
- #7,998Aadam9
- #7,998Abdel9
- #7,998Abdirashid9
- #8,732Aahan8
- #8,732Aaran8
- #8,732Aarik8
Tied with 733 names at #7,998; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.