Whisper — #13802 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Whisper

The Social Security Administration has registered 785 babies named Whisper between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Whisper currently holds the #13802 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Whisper performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 247 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Whisper shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Whisper in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Whisper 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 785 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.