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

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Peak · girls
#1,013
1986 · 151 births
Debut · girls
1979
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,633
since 1979

Whittney over time

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Rank among girls' names. Whittney has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #1,013, 1986girls
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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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1987#1,038149#6,9515
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First appearance
1979

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 1996

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedHITexas: #2,282 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 27,910 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Whittney, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#2,282 · 1 in 27,910

Best ever in a state: #189 in Idaho, 1987.

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See more about Whittney
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1979
  • Peaked 1986 at #1,013 (151 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,361
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 45.9% of all girls named Whittney (749) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s5#10,210 (1979)#10,210
1980s749#1,013 (1986)#2,909
1990s695#1,180 (1990)#2,480
2000s157#4,981 (2000)#7,700
2010s27#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 1996

girls
#3,237
36 births · 1 in 48,695 girls

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #3,237Whittney36
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 48,695 of them was named Whittney, which outranked 79.6% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Whittney
  1. #3,149Vivianna37
  2. #3,149Yara37
  3. #3,149Yuridia37
  4. #3,237Whittney36
  5. #3,237Alexiss36
  6. #3,237Aleya36
  7. #3,237Alicea36
  8. #3,302Alaura35
  9. #3,302Andrianna35
  10. #3,302Anh35

Tied with 64 names at #3,237; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

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

See the top 100 for 1996 →