Girls' name · since 1988
Whitleigh
Whitleigh has 249 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,649 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,707 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 249
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
249 babies have been named Whitleigh since 1988, making it today's #4707 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Whitleigh has been recorded 249 times among girls since 1988, currently ranked #4707 nationally and more common than 73% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #17,649 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,707 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 249 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Whitleigh ranks #17,649 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,707 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 249 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,649 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,707 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 249
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Whitleigh's 249 recorded births place it above 75.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Whitleigh compares
249 41st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Whitleigh's all-time total is 34% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Whitleigh | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 249 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Whitleigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Whitleigh's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 70% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 30%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 29, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Whitleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Whitleigh by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (119 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Whitleigh's strongest decade.
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Whitleigh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
119 births
- 2020s
2020s
108 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 119 births (48% of all-time use).
Whitleigh by state
Where Whitleigh concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 4.4% |
11 of 249 births nationwide.
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What to do with Whitleigh's data
- Whitleigh's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (119 total births) through the 2020s (108) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Whitleighs (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Whitleigh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Whitleigh draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.