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Whittney

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Whittney is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1986151 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1979
1,633people given the name
Babies named Whittney, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,633 girls have been named Whittney in the United States since 1979, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1986, with 151 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 151 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1980s alone account for 46%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Whittney
1970s5
1980s749
1990s695
2000s157
2010s27

In 1986, its biggest year

Whittney was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1986 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1986.

Names that rose and fell with Whittney

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

Other spellings in the data

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.