Whitman
#3,450 for boys in 2025, 33 births
- Peak · boys
- 1909 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 901since 1909
Whitman over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Whitman has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #3,450 | 33 |
| 2024 | #4,072 | 26 |
| 2023 | #3,883 | 28 |
| 2022 | #4,089 | 26 |
| 2021 | #4,118 | 25 |
| 2020 | #3,653 | 29 |
| 2019 | #3,496 | 32 |
| 2018 | #2,994 | 39 |
| 2017 | #3,193 | 36 |
| 2016 | #3,161 | 36 |
| 2015 | #3,513 | 31 |
| 2014 | #4,014 | 25 |
| 2013 | #3,122 | 35 |
| 2012 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2011 | #4,110 | 24 |
| 2010 | #4,099 | 24 |
| 2009 | #5,102 | 18 |
| 2008 | #4,267 | 23 |
| 2007 | #4,243 | 23 |
| 2006 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #5,271 | 14 |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #4,676 | 16 |
| 2000 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1909
The first year at least five boys were named Whitman! It came in at #1,440, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 622 spots since 2024 (#4,072 → #3,450)
- 203 spots since 2020 (#3,653 → #3,450)
- 63 spots since 2015 (#3,513 → #3,450)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1909 at #1,440 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1910, 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 32,799
- Highest: 1 in 32,799 boys born in 1909 were named Whitman (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 51,760 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 34.2% of all boys named Whitman (308) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,440 (1909) | #1,440 |
| 1910s | 47 | #2,101 (1914) | #3,005 |
| 1920s | 36 | #2,765 (1920) | #3,417 |
| 1930s | 19 | #2,609 (1939) | #3,183 |
| 1940s | 22 | #2,871 (1940) | #3,464 |
| 1950s | 19 | #3,021 (1950) | #3,299 |
| 1960s | 18 | #3,314 (1969) | #3,731 |
| 1970s | 6 | #4,230 (1970) | #4,230 |
| 1980s | 33 | #4,573 (1987) | #5,690 |
| 1990s | 66 | #4,993 (1990) | #6,980 |
| 2000s | 155 | #4,243 (2007) | #5,543 |
| 2010s | 308 | #2,994 (2018) | #3,560 |
| 2020s | 167 | #3,450 (2025) | #3,878 |
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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