Whit

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Whit is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 71 births. Its best rank was 645th, in 1886.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 710.00% of boys
Peak year: 202471 births
Best rank: #645in 1886
Since 1881: 1,208people given the name

Babies named Whit, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

1,208 boys have been named Whit in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 71 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 2020s alone account for 22%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Whit
1880s	39
1890s	23
1900s	35
1910s	77
1920s	99
1930s	46
1940s	55
1950s	81
1960s	63
1970s	52
1980s	36
1990s	14
2000s	89
2010s	228
2020s	271

In 2024, its biggest year

Whit was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Whit

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.