Whitley*
#1,746 most common girls' name of all time · #2,996 across all names · 9% male / 91% female · used 1914–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#1,746
Rank overall
#2,996 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
8,991
Since 2016
3,739
Peak year
1988 #446
Best rank
#446 1988
Girls
Boys
peak 521/yr
Whitley first appears in 1914. 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 | 420 | 88 | 508 | #676 |
| 2024 | 417 | 77 | 494 | #684 |
| 2023 | 383 | 79 | 462 | #736 |
| 2022 | 316 | 63 | 379 | #883 |
| 2021 | 320 | 50 | 370 | #856 |
| 2020 | 271 | 37 | 308 | #946 |
| 2019 | 281 | 47 | 328 | #941 |
| 2018 | 262 | 44 | 306 | #998 |
| 2017 | 258 | 42 | 300 | #1,005 |
| 2016 | 251 | 33 | 284 | #1,047 |
| 2015 | 222 | 16 | 238 | #1,142 |
| 2014 | 197 | 14 | 211 | #1,235 |
| 2013 | 170 | 15 | 185 | #1,373 |
| 2012 | 157 | 11 | 168 | #1,455 |
| 2011 | 156 | 8 | 164 | #1,446 |
| 2010 | 121 | 6 | 127 | #1,722 |
| 2009 | 106 | 5 | 111 | #1,958 |
| 2008 | 75 | 7 | 82 | #2,517 |
| 2007 | 75 | 6 | 81 | #2,488 |
| 2006 | 81 | 9 | 90 | #2,332 |
| 2005 | 82 | 9 | 91 | #2,226 |
| 2004 | 92 | — | 92 | #2,002 |
| 2003 | 83 | — | 83 | #2,112 |
| 2002 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,808 |
| 2001 | 90 | — | 90 | #1,927 |
| 2000 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,692 |
| 1999 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,613 |
| 1998 | 110 | 6 | 116 | #1,527 |
| 1997 | 105 | 6 | 111 | #1,534 |
| 1996 | 127 | 7 | 134 | #1,339 |
| 1995 | 140 | 6 | 146 | #1,226 |
| 1994 | 182 | 5 | 187 | #1,019 |
| 1993 | 206 | — | 206 | #925 |
| 1992 | 236 | 7 | 243 | #843 |
| 1991 | 365 | 10 | 375 | #618 |
| 1990 | 432 | 16 | 448 | #547 |
| 1989 | 480 | 12 | 492 | #491 |
| 1988 | 508 | 13 | 521 | #446 |
| 1987 | 50 | — | 50 | #2,165 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,859 |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1984 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,294 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1954 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1942 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1937 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1918 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1917 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1914 | — | 5 | 5 | — |