Whiteny — girls' name
29 babies named Whiteny in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Whiteny was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Whiteny in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Whiteny
The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Whiteny between 1986 and 1989, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Whiteny currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Whiteny performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Whiteny 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 29 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.
Whiteny at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Whiteny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1986
- Peak year (1987)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
29 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 8 births in a single year.
Whiteny by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 29 births that decade — 100% of Whiteny's all-time total
Whiteny decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Whiteny's strongest decade
29 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, 1986–1989 (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.