Whitney
#1,043 for girls in 2025, 238 births · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to girls 94.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 9,536 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 97,663since 1936
Whitney over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,043 | 238 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #1,050 | 238 | #6,469 | 13 |
| 2023 | #981 | 262 | #5,666 | 16 |
| 2022 | #1,043 | 245 | #5,633 | 16 |
| 2021 | #1,029 | 246 | #4,628 | 21 |
| 2020 | #941 | 273 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #888 | 303 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #899 | 299 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #829 | 328 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | #760 | 375 | #6,726 | 12 |
| 2015 | #638 | 446 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #619 | 463 | #5,733 | 15 |
| 2013 | #589 | 482 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #561 | 523 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #518 | 563 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #541 | 541 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #507 | 595 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #567 | 543 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #564 | 533 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #535 | 564 | #4,675 | 19 |
| 2005 | #470 | 652 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #450 | 676 | #3,735 | 24 |
| 2003 | #444 | 675 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | #349 | 851 | #4,919 | 15 |
| 2001 | #342 | 899 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #271 | 1,194 | #3,536 | 23 |
| 1999 | #222 | 1,426 | #3,986 | 18 |
| 1998 | #193 | 1,611 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #158 | 1,961 | #3,877 | 17 |
| 1996 | #140 | 2,310 | #2,747 | 27 |
| 1995 | #115 | 2,780 | #2,762 | 26 |
| 1994 | #91 | 3,566 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1993 | #82 | 4,078 | #2,786 | 25 |
| 1992 | #85 | 4,010 | #2,303 | 32 |
| 1991 | #68 | 5,239 | #1,952 | 39 |
| 1990 | #60 | 5,905 | #1,259 | 77 |
| 1989 | #57 | 6,305 | #1,184 | 81 |
| 1988 | #39 | 7,853 | #890 | 115 |
| 1987 | #32 | 8,923 | #732 | 155 |
| 1986 | #32 | 9,536 | #566 | 245 |
| 1985 | #73 | 3,832 | #572 | 236 |
| 1984 | #125 | 2,287 | #599 | 201 |
| 1983 | #164 | 1,688 | #664 | 166 |
| 1982 | #185 | 1,478 | #700 | 154 |
| 1981 | #204 | 1,302 | #750 | 135 |
| 1980 | #219 | 1,169 | #739 | 141 |
| 1979 | #254 | 950 | #758 | 131 |
| 1978 | #297 | 778 | #836 | 105 |
| 1977 | #335 | 693 | #899 | 89 |
| 1976 | #385 | 533 | #1,019 | 66 |
| 1975 | #458 | 412 | #1,029 | 64 |
| 1974 | #481 | 368 | #948 | 74 |
| 1973 | #560 | 294 | #1,006 | 64 |
| 1972 | #557 | 297 | #1,024 | 62 |
| 1971 | #550 | 327 | #803 | 100 |
| 1970 | #539 | 351 | #902 | 79 |
| 1969 | #583 | 288 | #931 | 67 |
| 1968 | #610 | 249 | #809 | 84 |
| 1967 | #643 | 220 | #836 | 73 |
| 1966 | #640 | 224 | #830 | 77 |
| 1965 | #551 | 296 | #796 | 87 |
| 1964 | #543 | 331 | #703 | 121 |
| 1963 | #610 | 271 | #842 | 81 |
| 1962 | #748 | 191 | #879 | 75 |
| 1961 | #1,627 | 48 | #915 | 69 |
| 1960 | #2,150 | 29 | #1,072 | 52 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | #1,050 | 54 |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 | #1,018 | 56 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 | #1,075 | 50 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 | #1,157 | 43 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #1,033 | 53 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | #1,052 | 50 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | #1,046 | 48 |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 | #968 | 54 |
| 1951 | — | #943 | 55 | |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 | #1,064 | 44 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #1,163 | 37 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #1,063 | 44 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #1,190 | 37 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | #967 | 48 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | #966 | 44 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #1,085 | 37 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #1,037 | 42 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | #1,036 | 42 |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 | #1,108 | 35 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #893 | 50 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #1,458 | 21 |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 | #1,149 | 32 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #1,313 | 26 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #1,540 | 19 |
| 1935 | — | #1,165 | 32 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,213 | 30 | |
| 1933 | — | #980 | 42 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,236 | 30 | |
| 1931 | — | #922 | 49 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,007 | 46 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,111 | 39 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,188 | 36 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,198 | 36 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,144 | 39 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,091 | 41 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,169 | 38 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,114 | 41 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,032 | 47 | |
| 1921 | — | #931 | 57 | |
| 1920 | — | #887 | 60 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,009 | 45 | |
| 1918 | — | #949 | 49 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,003 | 42 | |
| 1916 | — | #888 | 50 | |
| 1915 | — | #925 | 45 | |
| 1914 | — | #907 | 36 | |
| 1913 | — | #835 | 33 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,223 | 15 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #804 | 13 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #663 | 9 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Whitney! It came in at #3,701, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1951, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Whitney
- 7 spots since 2024 (#1,050 → #1,043)
- 102 spots since 2020 (#941 → #1,043)
- 405 spots since 2015 (#638 → #1,043)
- Biggest jump: 879 spots in 1962 (#1,627 → #748)
- Biggest drop: 122 spots in 2016 (#638 → #760)
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1986 at #32 (9,536 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1985–1994
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1962–2020
- Highest: 1 in 180 girls born in 1986 were named Whitney (0.56%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,753 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 45.4% of all girls named Whitney (44,373) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1961, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 30 | #2,340 (1938) | #3,523 |
| 1940s | 95 | #2,737 (1940) | #3,264 |
| 1950s | 122 | #2,327 (1952) | #3,229 |
| 1960s | 2,147 | #543 (1964) | #871 |
| 1970s | 5,003 | #254 (1979) | #442 |
| 1980s | 44,373 | #32 (1986) | #113 |
| 1990s | 32,886 | #60 (1990) | #121 |
| 2000s | 7,182 | #271 (2000) | #450 |
| 2010s | 4,323 | #518 (2011) | #684 |
| 2020s | 1,502 | #941 (2020) | #1,015 |
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.
Whitney in 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 5,088 of them was named Whitney, which outranked 94.3% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 17,684 of them was named Whitney, which outranked 85.8% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).