Whitfield

Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987

Peak · boys
1890 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
434
since 1890

Whitfield over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Whitfield has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #994, 1890boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024#8,9878
2023#12,2395
2022#12,3305
2021#10,7996
2020#8,0679
2019
2018#7,13611
2017#10,7756
2016#10,7446
2015#12,0865
2014#8,7818
2013#12,1365
2012
2011#10,8086
2010#12,2315
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002#8,4567
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977#5,1236
1976
1975
1974
1973#5,1015
1972#4,9865
1971
1970#4,2306
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962#3,3057
1961
1960#3,0778
1959#3,0378
1958
1957#3,9935
1956
1955#3,2017
1954#3,4526
1953
1952#3,7345
1951
1950#3,6815
1949#2,8028
1948
1947
1946#2,6908
1945#3,3385
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940#3,4595
1939
1938
1937#3,5185
1936#3,5495
1935
1934#2,9737
1933#3,2686
1932#2,31311
1931
1930#3,5926
1929#2,09614
1928#2,8439
1927#2,40812
1926#2,43612
1925#2,75510
1924#2,47312
1923#2,33113
1922#2,63011
1921#1,90418
1920#3,8156
1919#1,81118
1918#4,1795
1917#2,28012
1916#3,5166
1915#2,8298
1914#2,2719
1913#2,4966
1912#2,0457
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907#1,3455
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893#1,0355
1892
1891
1890#9945
1889
1888
1887
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1883
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1881
1880
First appearance
1890

The first year at least five boys were named Whitfield! It came in at #994, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Whitfield
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1890 at #994 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1890
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,205
  • Highest: 1 in 22,205 boys born in 1890 were named Whitfield (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 215,361 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 27.0% of all boys named Whitfield (117) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s10#994 (1890)#1,015
1900s5#1,345 (1907)#1,345
1910s71#1,811 (1919)#2,678
1920s117#1,904 (1921)#2,569
1930s40#2,313 (1932)#3,202
1940s26#2,690 (1946)#3,072
1950s36#3,037 (1959)#3,516
1960s15#3,077 (1960)#3,191
1970s22#4,230 (1970)#4,860
1980s0
1990s0
2000s7#8,456 (2002)#8,456
2010s52#7,136 (2018)#10,587
2020s33#8,067 (2020)#10,484

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.

Whitfield in 1890

boys
#994
5 births · 1 in 22,205 boys

Top boys' names in 1890

  1. #1John8,502
  2. #2William7,494
  3. #3James5,097
  4. #4George4,458
  5. #5Charles4,061
  6. #6Frank3,078
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Robert2,541
  9. #9Henry2,349
  10. #10Harry2,345
  11. #994Whitfield5
More about 1890

boys

111,024 boys got a published name in 1890; 1 in 22,205 of them was named Whitfield, which outranked 14.4% of the 1,161 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Whitfield
  1. #884Willam6
  2. #884Winston6
  3. #884Wright6
  4. #994Whitfield5
  5. #994Add5
  6. #994Adolfo5
  7. #994Alberto5

Tied with 167 names at #994; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. 463Hoyt#974#511
  2. 441Ebb#974#533
  3. 371Eva#974#603
  4. 371Perley#974#603
  5. 371Jimmy#974#603
Fallers
  1. 530Alvie#464#994
  2. 438Thornton#446#884
  3. 420Hezekiah#464#884
  4. 413Essie#581#994
  5. 413Clare#581#994

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

See the top 100 for 1890