Whitman
#5,123 most common boys' name of all time · #12,686 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1909–2025
Rank among boys
#5,123
Rank overall
#12,686 of 105,966
First appeared
1909
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
901
Since 2016
310
Peak year
2018 #3,007
Best rank
#1,678 1909
Girls
Boys
peak 39/yr
Whitman first appears in 1909. 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 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,463 |
| 2024 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,084 |
| 2023 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,899 |
| 2022 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,095 |
| 2021 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,132 |
| 2020 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,666 |
| 2019 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,501 |
| 2018 | — | 39 | 39 | #3,007 |
| 2017 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,199 |
| 2016 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,169 |
| 2015 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,524 |
| 2014 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,026 |
| 2013 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,130 |
| 2012 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,904 |
| 2011 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,117 |
| 2010 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 2009 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,122 |
| 2008 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,287 |
| 2007 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,258 |
| 2006 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,810 |
| 2005 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,676 |
| 2004 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,535 |
| 2003 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,291 |
| 2002 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,467 |
| 2001 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,694 |
| 2000 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,598 |
| 1999 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,098 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,898 |
| 1997 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,347 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,221 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,897 |
| 1993 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,901 |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,739 |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,375 |
| 1990 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,035 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,024 |
| 1987 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,645 |
| 1983 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,603 |
| 1981 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,059 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,646 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,347 |
| 1969 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,396 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,080 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,051 |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,559 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,549 |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,131 |
| 1949 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,832 |
| 1947 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,870 |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,696 |
| 1940 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,697 |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,702 |
| 1931 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,507 |
| 1929 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 1928 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,815 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,618 |
| 1922 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,959 |
| 1920 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,851 |
| 1919 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1918 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,781 |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,657 |
| 1916 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,282 |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,522 |
| 1914 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,210 |
| 1909 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,678 |