Whitney*
#371 most common girls' name of all time · #683 across all names · 6% male / 94% female · used 1884–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#371
Rank overall
#683 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
129 of 146
All-time
103,657
Since 2016
2,938
Peak year
1986 #32
Best rank
#32 1986
Girls
Boys
peak 9,781/yr
Whitney first appears in 1884. 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 | 238 | 13 | 251 | #1,044 |
| 2024 | 238 | 13 | 251 | #1,050 |
| 2023 | 262 | 16 | 278 | #981 |
| 2022 | 245 | 16 | 261 | #1,043 |
| 2021 | 246 | 21 | 267 | #1,032 |
| 2020 | 273 | 11 | 284 | #941 |
| 2019 | 303 | 8 | 311 | #888 |
| 2018 | 299 | 8 | 307 | #900 |
| 2017 | 328 | 13 | 341 | #829 |
| 2016 | 375 | 12 | 387 | #760 |
| 2015 | 446 | 7 | 453 | #638 |
| 2014 | 463 | 15 | 478 | #620 |
| 2013 | 482 | 9 | 491 | #590 |
| 2012 | 523 | 5 | 528 | #562 |
| 2011 | 563 | 5 | 568 | #519 |
| 2010 | 541 | 10 | 551 | #542 |
| 2009 | 595 | 9 | 604 | #507 |
| 2008 | 543 | 8 | 551 | #568 |
| 2007 | 533 | 11 | 544 | #564 |
| 2006 | 564 | 19 | 583 | #535 |
| 2005 | 652 | 11 | 663 | #470 |
| 2004 | 676 | 24 | 700 | #450 |
| 2003 | 675 | 15 | 690 | #444 |
| 2002 | 851 | 15 | 866 | #349 |
| 2001 | 899 | 11 | 910 | #342 |
| 2000 | 1,194 | 23 | 1,217 | #271 |
| 1999 | 1,426 | 18 | 1,444 | #222 |
| 1998 | 1,611 | 16 | 1,627 | #193 |
| 1997 | 1,961 | 17 | 1,978 | #158 |
| 1996 | 2,310 | 27 | 2,337 | #140 |
| 1995 | 2,780 | 26 | 2,806 | #115 |
| 1994 | 3,566 | 25 | 3,591 | #91 |
| 1993 | 4,078 | 25 | 4,103 | #82 |
| 1992 | 4,010 | 32 | 4,042 | #85 |
| 1991 | 5,239 | 39 | 5,278 | #68 |
| 1990 | 5,905 | 77 | 5,982 | #60 |
| 1989 | 6,305 | 81 | 6,386 | #57 |
| 1988 | 7,853 | 115 | 7,968 | #39 |
| 1987 | 8,923 | 155 | 9,078 | #32 |
| 1986 | 9,536 | 245 | 9,781 | #32 |
| 1985 | 3,832 | 236 | 4,068 | #73 |
| 1984 | 2,287 | 201 | 2,488 | #125 |
| 1983 | 1,688 | 166 | 1,854 | #164 |
| 1982 | 1,478 | 154 | 1,632 | #185 |
| 1981 | 1,302 | 135 | 1,437 | #204 |
| 1980 | 1,169 | 141 | 1,310 | #219 |
| 1979 | 950 | 131 | 1,081 | #254 |
| 1978 | 778 | 105 | 883 | #297 |
| 1977 | 693 | 89 | 782 | #335 |
| 1976 | 533 | 66 | 599 | #385 |
| 1975 | 412 | 64 | 476 | #458 |
| 1974 | 368 | 74 | 442 | #481 |
| 1973 | 294 | 64 | 358 | #560 |
| 1972 | 297 | 62 | 359 | #557 |
| 1971 | 327 | 100 | 427 | #551 |
| 1970 | 351 | 79 | 430 | #539 |
| 1969 | 288 | 67 | 355 | #584 |
| 1968 | 249 | 84 | 333 | #610 |
| 1967 | 220 | 73 | 293 | #643 |
| 1966 | 224 | 77 | 301 | #640 |
| 1965 | 296 | 87 | 383 | #553 |
| 1964 | 331 | 121 | 452 | #543 |
| 1963 | 271 | 81 | 352 | #610 |
| 1962 | 191 | 75 | 266 | #749 |
| 1961 | 48 | 69 | 117 | #1,628 |
| 1960 | 29 | 52 | 81 | #2,162 |
| 1959 | 11 | 54 | 65 | #3,869 |
| 1958 | 19 | 56 | 75 | #2,682 |
| 1957 | 14 | 50 | 64 | #3,172 |
| 1956 | 11 | 43 | 54 | #3,730 |
| 1955 | 10 | 53 | 63 | #3,809 |
| 1954 | 11 | 50 | 61 | #3,527 |
| 1953 | 11 | 48 | 59 | #3,524 |
| 1952 | 20 | 54 | 74 | #2,345 |
| 1951 | — | 55 | 55 | — |
| 1950 | 15 | 44 | 59 | #2,679 |
| 1949 | 8 | 37 | 45 | #3,944 |
| 1948 | 6 | 44 | 50 | #4,707 |
| 1947 | 13 | 37 | 50 | #2,924 |
| 1946 | 11 | 48 | 59 | #3,064 |
| 1945 | 9 | 44 | 53 | #3,173 |
| 1944 | 9 | 37 | 46 | #3,186 |
| 1943 | 8 | 42 | 50 | #3,537 |
| 1942 | 11 | 42 | 53 | #2,857 |
| 1941 | 10 | 35 | 45 | #2,881 |
| 1940 | 10 | 50 | 60 | #2,784 |
| 1939 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #4,329 |
| 1938 | 13 | 32 | 45 | #2,372 |
| 1937 | 6 | 26 | 32 | #3,859 |
| 1936 | 6 | 19 | 25 | #3,764 |
| 1935 | — | 32 | 32 | — |
| 1934 | — | 30 | 30 | — |
| 1933 | — | 42 | 42 | — |
| 1932 | — | 30 | 30 | — |
| 1931 | — | 49 | 49 | — |
| 1930 | — | 46 | 46 | — |
| 1929 | — | 39 | 39 | — |
| 1928 | — | 36 | 36 | — |
| 1927 | — | 36 | 36 | — |
| 1926 | — | 39 | 39 | — |
| 1925 | — | 41 | 41 | — |
| 1924 | — | 38 | 38 | — |
| 1923 | — | 41 | 41 | — |
| 1922 | — | 47 | 47 | — |
| 1921 | — | 57 | 57 | — |
| 1920 | — | 60 | 60 | — |
| 1919 | — | 45 | 45 | — |
| 1918 | — | 49 | 49 | — |
| 1917 | — | 42 | 42 | — |
| 1916 | — | 50 | 50 | — |
| 1915 | — | 45 | 45 | — |
| 1914 | — | 36 | 36 | — |
| 1913 | — | 33 | 33 | — |
| 1912 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1911 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1910 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1909 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1908 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1907 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1906 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1904 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1903 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1900 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1899 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1897 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1893 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1889 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1884 | — | 9 | 9 | — |