Whitfield
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 434since 1890
Whitfield over time
Rank among boys' names. Whitfield has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,136 | 11 |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
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| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #2,331 | 13 |
| 1922 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #1,811 | 18 |
| 1918 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1890 at #994 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1890
- 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%)
- 27.0% of all boys named Whitfield (117) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 10 | #994 (1890) | #1,015 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,345 (1907) | #1,345 |
| 1910s | 71 | #1,811 (1919) | #2,678 |
| 1920s | 117 | #1,904 (1921) | #2,569 |
| 1930s | 40 | #2,313 (1932) | #3,202 |
| 1940s | 26 | #2,690 (1946) | #3,072 |
| 1950s | 36 | #3,037 (1959) | #3,516 |
| 1960s | 15 | #3,077 (1960) | #3,191 |
| 1970s | 22 | #4,230 (1970) | #4,860 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 7 | #8,456 (2002) | #8,456 |
| 2010s | 52 | #7,136 (2018) | #10,587 |
| 2020s | 33 | #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 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 77,124 of them was named Whitfield, which outranked 50.5% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,188Viola13
- #2,188Waddell13
- #2,188Waldon13
- #2,280Whitfield12
- #2,280Abbott12
- #2,280Abie12
- #2,280Alven12
- #2,423Agapito11
- #2,423Agnes11
- #2,423Aldrich11
Tied with 142 names at #2,280; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.