Whitney
- #1,043 for girls in 2025, 238 births
- #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Given to girls 94.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 9,536 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 97,663since 1936
Whitney over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,043 | 238 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #1,050 | 238 | #6,469 | 13 |
| 2023 | #981 | 262 | #5,666 | 16 |
| 2022 | #1,043 | 245 | #5,633 | 16 |
| 2021 | #1,029 | 246 | #4,628 | 21 |
| 2020 | #941 | 273 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #888 | 303 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #899 | 299 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #829 | 328 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | #760 | 375 | #6,726 | 12 |
| 2015 | #638 | 446 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #619 | 463 | #5,733 | 15 |
| 2013 | #589 | 482 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #561 | 523 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #518 | 563 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #541 | 541 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #507 | 595 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #567 | 543 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #564 | 533 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #535 | 564 | #4,675 | 19 |
| 2005 | #470 | 652 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #450 | 676 | #3,735 | 24 |
| 2003 | #444 | 675 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | #349 | 851 | #4,919 | 15 |
| 2001 | #342 | 899 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #271 | 1,194 | #3,536 | 23 |
| 1999 | #222 | 1,426 | #3,986 | 18 |
| 1998 | #193 | 1,611 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #158 | 1,961 | #3,877 | 17 |
| 1996 | #140 | 2,310 | #2,747 | 27 |
| 1995 | #115 | 2,780 | #2,762 | 26 |
| 1994 | #91 | 3,566 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1993 | #82 | 4,078 | #2,786 | 25 |
| 1992 | #85 | 4,010 | #2,303 | 32 |
| 1991 | #68 | 5,239 | #1,952 | 39 |
| 1990 | #60 | 5,905 | #1,259 | 77 |
| 1989 | #57 | 6,305 | #1,184 | 81 |
| 1988 | #39 | 7,853 | #890 | 115 |
| 1987 | #32 | 8,923 | #732 | 155 |
| 1986 | #32 | 9,536 | #566 | 245 |
| 1985 | #73 | 3,832 | #572 | 236 |
| 1984 | #125 | 2,287 | #599 | 201 |
| 1983 | #164 | 1,688 | #664 | 166 |
| 1982 | #185 | 1,478 | #700 | 154 |
| 1981 | #204 | 1,302 | #750 | 135 |
| 1980 | #219 | 1,169 | #739 | 141 |
| 1979 | #254 | 950 | #758 | 131 |
| 1978 | #297 | 778 | #836 | 105 |
| 1977 | #335 | 693 | #899 | 89 |
| 1976 | #385 | 533 | #1,019 | 66 |
| 1975 | #458 | 412 | #1,029 | 64 |
| 1974 | #481 | 368 | #948 | 74 |
| 1973 | #560 | 294 | #1,006 | 64 |
| 1972 | #557 | 297 | #1,024 | 62 |
| 1971 | #550 | 327 | #803 | 100 |
| 1970 | #539 | 351 | #902 | 79 |
| 1969 | #583 | 288 | #931 | 67 |
| 1968 | #610 | 249 | #809 | 84 |
| 1967 | #643 | 220 | #836 | 73 |
| 1966 | #640 | 224 | #830 | 77 |
| 1965 | #551 | 296 | #796 | 87 |
| 1964 | #543 | 331 | #703 | 121 |
| 1963 | #610 | 271 | #842 | 81 |
| 1962 | #748 | 191 | #879 | 75 |
| 1961 | #1,627 | 48 | #915 | 69 |
| 1960 | #2,150 | 29 | #1,072 | 52 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | #1,050 | 54 |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 | #1,018 | 56 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 | #1,075 | 50 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 | #1,157 | 43 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #1,033 | 53 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | #1,052 | 50 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | #1,046 | 48 |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 | #968 | 54 |
| 1951 | — | #943 | 55 | |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 | #1,064 | 44 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #1,163 | 37 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #1,063 | 44 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #1,190 | 37 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | #967 | 48 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | #966 | 44 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #1,085 | 37 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #1,037 | 42 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | #1,036 | 42 |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 | #1,108 | 35 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #893 | 50 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #1,458 | 21 |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 | #1,149 | 32 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #1,313 | 26 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #1,540 | 19 |
| 1935 | — | #1,165 | 32 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,213 | 30 | |
| 1933 | — | #980 | 42 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,236 | 30 | |
| 1931 | — | #922 | 49 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,007 | 46 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,111 | 39 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,188 | 36 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,198 | 36 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,144 | 39 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,091 | 41 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,169 | 38 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,114 | 41 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,032 | 47 | |
| 1921 | — | #931 | 57 | |
| 1920 | — | #887 | 60 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,009 | 45 | |
| 1918 | — | #949 | 49 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,003 | 42 | |
| 1916 | — | #888 | 50 | |
| 1915 | — | #925 | 45 | |
| 1914 | — | #907 | 36 | |
| 1913 | — | #835 | 33 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,223 | 15 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #804 | 13 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #663 | 9 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1936
The first year at least five girls were named Whitney! It came in at #3,701, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1951, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Whitney is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Maine#209 · 1 in 623
- Massachusetts#417 · 1 in 1,849
- Iowa#492 · 1 in 1,962
- Minnesota#659 · 1 in 3,068
- Louisiana#677 · 1 in 2,728
Best ever in a state: #6 in Utah, 1986.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #209 | 5 | 1 in 623 |
| Massachusetts | #417 | 13 | 1 in 1,849 |
| Iowa | #492 | 6 | 1 in 1,962 |
| Minnesota | #659 | 7 | 1 in 3,068 |
| Louisiana | #677 | 6 | 1 in 2,728 |
| Utah | #704 | 5 | 1 in 3,415 |
| Indiana | #721 | 8 | 1 in 3,489 |
| Missouri | #728 | 7 | 1 in 3,471 |
| New York | #731 | 22 | 1 in 3,560 |
| Illinois | #927 | 9 | 1 in 4,925 |
| Virginia | #936 | 7 | 1 in 4,820 |
| Ohio | #959 | 9 | 1 in 5,252 |
| Michigan | #965 | 7 | 1 in 5,104 |
| Florida | #1,000 | 15 | 1 in 5,784 |
| Texas | #1,037 | 27 | 1 in 5,946 |
| Georgia | #1,075 | 8 | 1 in 5,651 |
| New Jersey | #1,168 | 5 | 1 in 7,100 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 6 | 1 in 7,781 |
| California | #1,651 | 13 | 1 in 12,440 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 7 spots since 2024 (#1,050 → #1,043)
- 102 spots since 2020 (#941 → #1,043)
- Biggest jump: 879 spots in 1962
- Biggest drop: 122 spots in 2016
Rise & fade · girls
50 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1986 at #32 (9,536 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 10 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1985–1994
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1962–2020
Share of babies · girls
1 in 180
- Highest: 1 in 180 girls born in 1986 were named Whitney (0.56%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,753 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 45.4% of all girls named Whitney (44,373) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1962
- Mostly boys until 1961, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 30 | #2,340 (1938) | #3,523 |
| 1940s | 95 | #2,737 (1940) | #3,264 |
| 1950s | 122 | #2,327 (1952) | #3,229 |
| 1960s | 2,147 | #543 (1964) | #871 |
| 1970s | 5,003 | #254 (1979) | #442 |
| 1980s | 44,373 | #32 (1986) | #113 |
| 1990s | 32,886 | #60 (1990) | #121 |
| 2000s | 7,182 | #271 (2000) | #450 |
| 2010s | 4,323 | #518 (2011) | #684 |
| 2020s | 1,502 | #941 (2020) | #1,015 |
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.
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