Whitt

Peak · boys
1946 · 9 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
428
since 1918

Whitt over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #2,534, 1946boys
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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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Yearboys
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2025#3,18137
2024#3,98627
2023#4,00227
2022#3,41234
2021#5,56216
2020#4,27523
2019#4,63921
2018#6,34513
2017#5,78815
2016#9,6647
2015#5,28917
2014#5,48516
2013#7,53710
2012#7,55910
2011#6,25613
2010#12,2315
2009#7,69210
2008#12,5535
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2005#11,4725
2004#5,81313
2003#9,5816
2002#9,3926
2001#7,5368
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1985#5,7856
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1953#3,7985
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1929#3,5596
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1921#4,3225
1920#4,2865
1919#2,66510
1918#3,3687
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five boys were named Whitt! It came in at #3,368, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1920–1922, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Whitt is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedMSAlabama: #685 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,586 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Whitt, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alabama#685 · 1 in 3,586

Best ever in a state: #685 in Alabama, 2025.

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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.

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See more about Whitt
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 1,094 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #3,181)
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1946 at #2,534 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1947, 1 yr later
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 46,164
  • Highest: 1 in 46,164 boys born in 2025 were named Whitt (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,534 in 1946, was only 1 in 180,447 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 38.3% of all boys named Whitt (164) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s17#2,665 (1919)#3,017
1920s31#3,076 (1928)#3,742
1930s0——
1940s20#2,534 (1946)#3,093
1950s5#3,798 (1953)#3,798
1960s5#4,039 (1964)#4,039
1970s0——
1980s6#5,785 (1985)#5,785
1990s0——
2000s53#5,813 (2004)#9,148
2010s127#4,639 (2019)#7,079
2020s164#3,181 (2025)#4,070

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.

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