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.

Whitfield

#7,900 most common boys' name of all time · #19,881 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1890–2024

Rank among boys
#7,900
Rank overall
#19,881 of 105,966
First appeared
1890
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
434
Since 2016
56
Peak year
1921 #1,936
Best rank
#1,148 1893
Girls Boys peak 18/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Whitfield first appears in 1890. 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
2024 — 8 8 #9,030
2023 — 5 5 #12,315
2022 — 5 5 #12,390
2021 — 6 6 #10,864
2020 — 9 9 #8,101
2018 — 11 11 #7,166
2017 — 6 6 #10,838
2016 — 6 6 #10,789
2015 — 5 5 #12,143
2014 — 8 8 #8,815
2013 — 5 5 #12,194
2011 — 6 6 #10,867
2010 — 5 5 #12,298
2002 — 7 7 #8,509
1977 — 6 6 #5,187
1973 — 5 5 #5,180
1972 — 5 5 #5,078
1970 — 6 6 #4,301
1962 — 7 7 #3,377
1960 — 8 8 #3,128
1959 — 8 8 #3,088
1957 — 5 5 #4,080
1955 — 7 7 #3,261
1954 — 6 6 #3,517
1952 — 5 5 #3,816
1950 — 5 5 #3,770
1949 — 8 8 #2,862
1946 — 8 8 #2,738
1945 — 5 5 #3,431
1940 — 5 5 #3,537
1937 — 5 5 #3,607
1936 — 5 5 #3,646
1934 — 7 7 #3,038
1933 — 6 6 #3,343
1932 — 11 11 #2,364
1930 — 6 6 #3,674
1929 — 14 14 #2,144
1928 — 9 9 #2,905
1927 — 12 12 #2,442
1926 — 12 12 #2,477
1925 — 10 10 #2,806
1924 — 12 12 #2,521
1923 — 13 13 #2,357
1922 — 11 11 #2,679
1921 — 18 18 #1,936
1920 — 6 6 #3,880
1919 — 18 18 #1,836
1918 — 5 5 #4,253
1917 — 12 12 #2,323
1916 — 6 6 #3,575
1915 — 8 8 #2,875
1914 — 9 9 #2,334
1913 — 6 6 #2,584
1912 — 7 7 #2,124
1907 — 5 5 #1,458
1893 — 5 5 #1,148
1890 — 5 5 #1,160