Whit
#4,117 most common boys' name of all time · #10,089 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · 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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |