Whitaker — #2240 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Whitaker

The Social Security Administration has registered 781 babies named Whitaker between 1949 and 2024, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Whitaker currently holds the #2240 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 64 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Whitaker performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 349 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Whitaker shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Whitaker in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Whitaker 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 781 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.