Meaning not yet researched.
Whitney: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 238 in 2025. Its best rank was #32 in 1987.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #32 in 1987; #1,046 in 2025. About 95% of babies named Whitney in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,046 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1987, at #32.
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Whitney: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 238 girls in 2025. Peak: #32 in 1987 · most girls in one year: 9,536 (1986).
In 2025, 238 US girls were named Whitney, making it the 1,046th most common girls’ name of the year, up 5 places from #1,051 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 238 girls named Whitney in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #32, reached in 1987. The most girls given the name in a single year was 9,536, in 1986. For comparison, it was #640 in 2015 and #2,776 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Whitney in 129 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1884 with 9 babies. In all, 103,657 US babies have been given the name, 94% of them girls and 5.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 46,002 babies named Whitney.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,807 US girls were named Whitney; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 375. In 2025 that was about 1 in 6,753 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Whitney ranked highest in Maine in 2025, at #256 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Whittney (1,638 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Whitnee, Whitnie and Whitni are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Whitnee (607), Whitnie (416), Whitni (333), Whitnei (31), Whitny (28), Whitnye (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Whitney in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 32 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 5 | #256 | — |
| Massachusetts | 13 | #443 | #394 |
| Iowa | 6 | #561 | #410 |
| Minnesota | 7 | #728 | #379 |
| New York | 22 | #754 | #1,068 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #774 | #1,033 |
| Indiana | 8 | #807 | #616 |
| Missouri | 7 | #808 | #944 |
| Utah | 5 | #829 | #250 |
| Illinois | 9 | #1,007 | #601 |
| Ohio | 9 | #1,030 | #654 |
| Virginia | 7 | #1,033 | #943 |
| Florida | 15 | #1,050 | #766 |
| Michigan | 7 | #1,055 | #478 |
| Texas | 27 | #1,058 | #873 |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,207 | #888 |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,345 | #853 |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | #1,386 | #597 |
| California | 13 | #1,738 | #838 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 238 | #1,046 | 13 | #6,782 |
| 2024 | 238 | #1,051 | 13 | #6,808 |
| 2023 | 262 | #982 | 16 | #5,899 |
| 2022 | 245 | #1,047 | 16 | #5,852 |
| 2021 | 246 | #1,034 | 21 | #4,768 |
| 2020 | 273 | #941 | 11 | #7,472 |
| 2019 | 303 | #888 | 8 | #9,689 |
| 2018 | 299 | #902 | 8 | #9,626 |
| 2017 | 328 | #830 | 13 | #6,651 |
| 2016 | 375 | #761 | 12 | #7,126 |
| 2015 | 446 | #640 | 7 | #10,578 |
| 2014 | 463 | #622 | 15 | #5,982 |
| 2013 | 482 | #591 | 9 | #8,743 |
| 2012 | 523 | #562 | 5 | #14,130 |
| 2011 | 563 | #519 | 5 | #14,243 |
| 2010 | 541 | #544 | 10 | #8,104 |
| 2009 | 595 | #508 | 9 | #8,953 |
| 2008 | 543 | #570 | 8 | #9,825 |
| 2007 | 533 | #564 | 11 | #7,560 |
| 2006 | 564 | #535 | 19 | #4,853 |
| 2005 | 652 | #471 | 11 | #7,077 |
| 2004 | 676 | #450 | 24 | #3,857 |
| 2003 | 675 | #445 | 15 | #5,254 |
| 2002 | 851 | #350 | 15 | #5,121 |
| 2001 | 899 | #342 | 11 | #6,429 |
| 2000 | 1,194 | #271 | 23 | #3,633 |
| 1999 | 1,426 | #222 | 18 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 1,611 | #193 | 16 | #4,406 |
| 1997 | 1,961 | #158 | 17 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 2,310 | #140 | 27 | #2,836 |
| 1995 | 2,780 | #115 | 26 | #2,843 |
| 1994 | 3,566 | #91 | 25 | #2,945 |
| 1993 | 4,078 | #82 | 25 | #2,863 |
| 1992 | 4,010 | #85 | 32 | #2,359 |
| 1991 | 5,239 | #68 | 39 | #1,981 |
| 1990 | 5,905 | #60 | 77 | #1,269 |
| 1989 | 6,305 | #57 | 81 | #1,196 |
| 1988 | 7,853 | #39 | 115 | #896 |
| 1987 | 8,923 | #32 | 155 | #734 |
| 1986 | 9,536 | #32 | 245 | #567 |
| 1985 | 3,832 | #73 | 236 | #572 |
| 1984 | 2,287 | #125 | 201 | #603 |
| 1983 | 1,688 | #164 | 166 | #667 |
| 1982 | 1,478 | #185 | 154 | #704 |
| 1981 | 1,302 | #204 | 135 | #753 |
| 1980 | 1,169 | #219 | 141 | #740 |
| 1979 | 950 | #254 | 131 | #761 |
| 1978 | 778 | #297 | 105 | #840 |
| 1977 | 693 | #335 | 89 | #903 |
| 1976 | 533 | #385 | 66 | #1,028 |
| 1975 | 412 | #458 | 64 | #1,041 |
| 1974 | 368 | #482 | 74 | #952 |
| 1973 | 294 | #560 | 64 | #1,013 |
| 1972 | 297 | #557 | 62 | #1,030 |
| 1971 | 327 | #552 | 100 | #810 |
| 1970 | 351 | #539 | 79 | #904 |
| 1969 | 288 | #584 | 67 | #943 |
| 1968 | 249 | #610 | 84 | #813 |
| 1967 | 220 | #645 | 73 | #842 |
| 1966 | 224 | #640 | 77 | #834 |
| 1965 | 296 | #553 | 87 | #802 |
| 1964 | 331 | #543 | 121 | #706 |
| 1963 | 271 | #611 | 81 | #846 |
| 1962 | 191 | #752 | 75 | #888 |
| 1961 | 48 | #1,639 | 69 | #926 |
| 1960 | 29 | #2,194 | 52 | #1,081 |
| 1959 | 11 | #4,024 | 54 | #1,060 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,750 | 56 | #1,024 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,302 | 50 | #1,089 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,905 | 43 | #1,170 |
| 1955 | 10 | #4,063 | 53 | #1,046 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,715 | 50 | #1,066 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,683 | 48 | #1,057 |
| 1952 | 20 | #2,406 | 54 | #980 |
| 1951 | — | — | 55 | #948 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,776 | 44 | #1,073 |
| 1949 | 8 | #4,225 | 37 | #1,183 |
| 1948 | 6 | #5,231 | 44 | #1,077 |
| 1947 | 13 | #3,058 | 37 | #1,212 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,213 | 48 | #977 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,381 | 44 | #970 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,373 | 37 | #1,105 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,795 | 42 | #1,052 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,980 | 42 | #1,053 |
| 1941 | 10 | #3,021 | 35 | #1,128 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,955 | 50 | #902 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,935 | 21 | #1,487 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,442 | 32 | #1,170 |
| 1937 | 6 | #4,246 | 26 | #1,343 |
| 1936 | 6 | #4,168 | 19 | #1,586 |
| 1935 | — | — | 32 | #1,193 |
| 1934 | — | — | 30 | #1,240 |
| 1933 | — | — | 42 | #993 |
| 1932 | — | — | 30 | #1,253 |
| 1931 | — | — | 49 | #938 |
| 1930 | — | — | 46 | #1,020 |
| 1929 | — | — | 39 | #1,128 |
| 1928 | — | — | 36 | #1,210 |
| 1927 | — | — | 36 | #1,226 |
| 1926 | — | — | 39 | #1,159 |
| 1925 | — | — | 41 | #1,107 |
| 1924 | — | — | 38 | #1,186 |
| 1923 | — | — | 41 | #1,127 |
| 1922 | — | — | 47 | #1,038 |
| 1921 | — | — | 57 | #937 |
| 1920 | — | — | 60 | #895 |
| 1919 | — | — | 45 | #1,020 |
| 1918 | — | — | 49 | #964 |
| 1917 | — | — | 42 | #1,015 |
| 1916 | — | — | 50 | #890 |
| 1915 | — | — | 45 | #940 |
| 1914 | — | — | 36 | #932 |
| 1913 | — | — | 33 | #854 |
| 1912 | — | — | 15 | #1,261 |
| 1911 | — | — | 8 | #1,384 |
| 1910 | — | — | 11 | #1,043 |
| 1909 | — | — | 13 | #838 |
| 1908 | — | — | 8 | #1,110 |
| 1907 | — | — | 7 | #1,197 |
| 1906 | — | — | 7 | #1,107 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,416 |
| 1904 | — | — | 6 | #1,197 |
| 1903 | — | — | 6 | #1,125 |
| 1900 | — | — | 7 | #1,157 |
| 1899 | — | — | 9 | #782 |
| 1897 | — | — | 7 | #938 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,176 |
| 1889 | — | — | 8 | #786 |
| 1884 | — | — | 9 | #700 |
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).