Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Whit

#4,117 most common boys' name of all time · #10,089 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among boys
#4,117
Rank overall
#10,089 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
108 of 146
All-time
1,287
Since 2016
476
Peak year
2025 #1,943
Best rank
#643 1886
Girls Boys peak 79/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Whit first appears in 1881. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 79 79 #1,943
2024 — 71 71 #2,100
2023 — 57 57 #2,392
2022 — 54 54 #2,521
2021 — 46 46 #2,738
2020 — 43 43 #2,808
2019 — 36 36 #3,202
2018 — 31 31 #3,528
2017 — 30 30 #3,593
2016 — 29 29 #3,683
2015 — 28 28 #3,779
2014 — 15 15 #5,743
2013 — 14 14 #5,933
2012 — 19 19 #4,870
2011 — 17 17 #5,210
2010 — 9 9 #8,161
2009 — 15 15 #5,811
2008 — 11 11 #7,203
2007 — 11 11 #7,111
2006 — 10 10 #7,451
2005 — 12 12 #6,238
2004 — 5 5 #11,380
2003 — 6 6 #9,618
2002 — 6 6 #9,413
2001 — 6 6 #9,280
2000 — 7 7 #8,235
1999 — 6 6 #8,735
1990 — 8 8 #5,850
1988 — 6 6 #6,466
1986 — 5 5 #6,784
1985 — 6 6 #5,816
1984 — 8 8 #4,581
1981 — 5 5 #6,315
1980 — 6 6 #5,574
1979 — 6 6 #5,389
1978 — 5 5 #5,813
1976 — 6 6 #4,975
1974 — 8 8 #3,864
1973 — 6 6 #4,550
1971 — 11 11 #2,991
1970 — 10 10 #3,095
1969 — 8 8 #3,343
1968 — 7 7 #3,390
1966 — 5 5 #3,994
1965 — 5 5 #3,969
1964 — 9 9 #2,880
1963 — 6 6 #3,694
1962 — 7 7 #3,340
1961 — 11 11 #2,566
1960 — 5 5 #4,075
1959 — 5 5 #4,044
1958 — 11 11 #2,520
1957 — 13 13 #2,290
1956 — 10 10 #2,650
1955 — 5 5 #3,937
1954 — 10 10 #2,618
1953 — 11 11 #2,420
1952 — 11 11 #2,399
1951 — 5 5 #3,758
1949 — 8 8 #2,834
1947 — 7 7 #3,123
1945 — 7 7 #2,780
1944 — 6 6 #3,149
1943 — 8 8 #2,769
1942 — 5 5 #3,599
1941 — 5 5 #3,555
1940 — 9 9 #2,510
1938 — 7 7 #2,911
1935 — 9 9 #2,566
1934 — 5 5 #3,723
1933 — 5 5 #3,683
1932 — 7 7 #3,125
1931 — 8 8 #2,901
1930 — 5 5 #4,049
1929 — 7 7 #3,273
1928 — 9 9 #2,877
1927 — 7 7 #3,484
1926 — 8 8 #3,166
1925 — 9 9 #2,970
1924 — 19 19 #1,855
1923 — 15 15 #2,141
1922 — 6 6 #3,896
1921 — 7 7 #3,552
1920 — 12 12 #2,475
1919 — 13 13 #2,284
1918 — 9 9 #2,905
1917 — 11 11 #2,447
1916 — 11 11 #2,421
1915 — 8 8 #2,855
1914 — 9 9 #2,307
1913 — 10 10 #1,833
1911 — 6 6 #1,594
1909 — 5 5 #1,512
1906 — 5 5 #1,307
1905 — 7 7 #1,044
1903 — 8 8 #878
1902 — 5 5 #1,206
1900 — 5 5 #1,371
1895 — 5 5 #1,154
1894 — 5 5 #1,143
1892 — 5 5 #1,151
1891 — 8 8 #753
1888 — 6 6 #985
1886 — 10 10 #643
1884 — 6 6 #930
1883 — 6 6 #868
1882 — 5 5 #1,017
1881 — 6 6 #865