Whit — #2094 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Whit

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,208 babies named Whit between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Whit currently holds the #2094 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 71 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Whit performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 271 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Whit shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kansas, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Whit in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Whit 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 1,208 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.