Whiskey — boys' name
6 babies named Whiskey in U.S. Social Security records since 2021, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Whiskey was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Whiskey in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Whiskey
The Social Security Administration has registered 6 babies named Whiskey between 2021 and 2021, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Whiskey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Whiskey is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 2023.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Whiskey performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Whiskey in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 6 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Whiskey at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Whiskey popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2021
- Peak year (2021)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
6 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 6 births in a single year.
Whiskey popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 2023 (Whiskey as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Whiskey accounts for 50% of total recorded use across both genders.
Whiskey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 6 births that decade — 100% of Whiskey's all-time total
Whiskey decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Whiskey's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2021–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.