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.

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
192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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