Whisper
#8,222 most common girls' name of all time · #13,740 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1973–2025
Rank among girls
#8,222
Rank overall
#13,740 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
792
Since 2016
98
Peak year
1996 #3,003
Best rank
#3,003 1996
Girls
Boys
peak 40/yr
Whisper first appears in 1973. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,224 |
| 2024 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,886 |
| 2023 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,773 |
| 2022 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,240 |
| 2021 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,522 |
| 2020 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,832 |
| 2019 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,955 |
| 2018 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,352 |
| 2017 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,371 |
| 2016 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,219 |
| 2015 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,670 |
| 2014 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,413 |
| 2013 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,191 |
| 2012 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,985 |
| 2011 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,533 |
| 2010 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,478 |
| 2009 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,640 |
| 2008 | 28 | — | 28 | #5,200 |
| 2007 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,689 |
| 2006 | 22 | — | 22 | #6,006 |
| 2005 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,947 |
| 2004 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,122 |
| 2003 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,695 |
| 2002 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,562 |
| 2001 | 26 | — | 26 | #4,624 |
| 2000 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,142 |
| 1999 | 30 | — | 30 | #3,937 |
| 1998 | 30 | — | 30 | #3,879 |
| 1997 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,143 |
| 1996 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,003 |
| 1995 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,060 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,871 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,381 |
| 1992 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,503 |
| 1991 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,131 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,338 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,236 |
| 1988 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,146 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | 10 | #7,154 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,226 |
| 1985 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,808 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,759 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,666 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,747 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,781 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,734 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,729 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,002 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,827 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,800 |