Whittney
Last seen for girls in 2013 at #13,150 · Last seen for boys in 1987 at #6,951
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 151 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,633since 1979
Whittney over time
Rank among girls' names. Whittney has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | — | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | — | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,222 | 38 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,036 | 39 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,237 | 36 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,216 | 60 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,999 | 70 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,801 | 81 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,688 | 89 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,383 | 116 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,180 | 145 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,204 | 134 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,104 | 141 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,038 | 149 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #1,013 | 151 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,483 | 83 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,574 | 36 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | — | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Whittney! It came in at #10,210, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2014–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Whittney is popular in 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Tennessee#353 · 1 in 2,516
- South Carolina#367 · 1 in 2,226
- Kentucky#437 · 1 in 3,540
- Oklahoma#452 · 1 in 2,909
- Georgia#483 · 1 in 3,556
Best ever in a state: #189 in Idaho, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Tennessee | #353 | 12 | 1 in 2,516 |
| South Carolina | #367 | 9 | 1 in 2,226 |
| Kentucky | #437 | 6 | 1 in 3,540 |
| Oklahoma | #452 | 6 | 1 in 2,909 |
| Georgia | #483 | 12 | 1 in 3,556 |
| Alabama | #517 | 6 | 1 in 3,746 |
| North Carolina | #555 | 9 | 1 in 4,540 |
| Indiana | #608 | 7 | 1 in 5,025 |
| Louisiana | #709 | 5 | 1 in 5,076 |
| Ohio | #820 | 8 | 1 in 8,862 |
| Michigan | #889 | 7 | 1 in 8,925 |
| Florida | #1,250 | 6 | 1 in 13,188 |
| Texas | #1,655 | 7 | 1 in 19,655 |
| California | #2,538 | 7 | 1 in 37,491 |
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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 Whittney
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
- Debuted 1979
- Peaked 1986 at #1,013 (151 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 11,361 girls born in 1986 were named Whittney (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 250,678 girls born in 2013 (0.00%)
- 45.9% of all girls named Whittney (749) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #10,210 (1979) | #10,210 |
| 1980s | 749 | #1,013 (1986) | #2,909 |
| 1990s | 695 | #1,180 (1990) | #2,480 |
| 2000s | 157 | #4,981 (2000) | #7,700 |
| 2010s | 27 | #13,150 (2013) | #13,726 |
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.
Whittney in 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 13,093 of them was named Whittney, which outranked 92.3% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,175Ginger146
- #1,175Lidia146
- #1,175Rene146
- #1,180Whittney145
- #1,180Hazel145
- #1,180Karyn145
- #1,180Shanita145
- #1,186Amalia144
- #1,186Aracely144
- #1,186Bryana144
Tied with 5 names at #1,180; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.