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Whitman: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 33 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,674 in 1909.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,674 in 1909; #3,508 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Whitman in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,508 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1909, at #1,674.
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Whitman: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 33 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,674 in 1909 · most boys in one year: 39 (2018).
In 2025, 33 US boys were named Whitman, making it the 3,508th most common boys’ name of the year, up 684 places from #4,192 in 2024. That is 7 more than the 26 boys named Whitman in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,674, reached in 1909. The most boys given the name in a single year was 39, in 2018. For comparison, it was #3,587 in 2015 and #3,316 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Whitman in 66 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1909 with 5 babies. In all, 901 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 308 babies named Whitman.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 310 US boys were named Whitman; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 39. In 2025 that was about 1 in 51,760 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 33 | #3,508 |
| 2024 | — | — | 26 | #4,192 |
| 2023 | — | — | 28 | #3,996 |
| 2022 | — | — | 26 | #4,181 |
| 2021 | — | — | 25 | #4,231 |
| 2020 | — | — | 29 | #3,727 |
| 2019 | — | — | 32 | #3,565 |
| 2018 | — | — | 39 | #3,050 |
| 2017 | — | — | 36 | #3,247 |
| 2016 | — | — | 36 | #3,225 |
| 2015 | — | — | 31 | #3,587 |
| 2014 | — | — | 25 | #4,127 |
| 2013 | — | — | 35 | #3,184 |
| 2012 | — | — | 26 | #3,999 |
| 2011 | — | — | 24 | #4,213 |
| 2010 | — | — | 24 | #4,232 |
| 2009 | — | — | 18 | #5,313 |
| 2008 | — | — | 23 | #4,386 |
| 2007 | — | — | 23 | #4,365 |
| 2006 | — | — | 14 | #6,077 |
| 2005 | — | — | 11 | #7,076 |
| 2004 | — | — | 14 | #5,798 |
| 2003 | — | — | 14 | #5,543 |
| 2002 | — | — | 6 | #10,616 |
| 2001 | — | — | 16 | #4,883 |
| 2000 | — | — | 16 | #4,778 |
| 1999 | — | — | 10 | #6,515 |
| 1998 | — | — | 8 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | — | — | 7 | #8,077 |
| 1996 | — | — | 7 | #7,943 |
| 1994 | — | — | 5 | #10,193 |
| 1993 | — | — | 7 | #7,613 |
| 1992 | — | — | 7 | #7,387 |
| 1991 | — | — | 5 | #9,603 |
| 1990 | — | — | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1989 | — | — | 5 | #9,188 |
| 1987 | — | — | 9 | #4,949 |
| 1983 | — | — | 6 | #6,210 |
| 1981 | — | — | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1980 | — | — | 6 | #6,221 |
| 1970 | — | — | 6 | #4,715 |
| 1969 | — | — | 8 | #3,588 |
| 1966 | — | — | 5 | #4,526 |
| 1965 | — | — | 5 | #4,420 |
| 1954 | — | — | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1953 | — | — | 6 | #3,783 |
| 1950 | — | — | 7 | #3,316 |
| 1949 | — | — | 5 | #4,192 |
| 1947 | — | — | 5 | #4,252 |
| 1942 | — | — | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1940 | — | — | 7 | #3,124 |
| 1939 | — | — | 8 | #2,823 |
| 1936 | — | — | 5 | #4,030 |
| 1931 | — | — | 6 | #3,749 |
| 1929 | — | — | 7 | #3,548 |
| 1928 | — | — | 6 | #4,136 |
| 1924 | — | — | 7 | #3,858 |
| 1922 | — | — | 6 | #4,297 |
| 1920 | — | — | 10 | #2,958 |
| 1919 | — | — | 8 | #3,385 |
| 1918 | — | — | 10 | #2,871 |
| 1917 | — | — | 6 | #3,965 |
| 1916 | — | — | 7 | #3,500 |
| 1915 | — | — | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1914 | — | — | 10 | #2,264 |
| 1909 | — | — | 5 | #1,674 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).