Unisex name · since 1984
Whitley
8,148 babies named Whitley in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,889 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #677 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,148
- born since 1984
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Whitley is the #677 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 8,148 recorded since 1984.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Whitley has been recorded 8,148 times among girls since 1984, currently ranked #677 nationally and more common than 96% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #1,889 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #677 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 8,148 born since 1984
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Whitley ranks #1,889 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #677 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 8,148 born since 1984, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,889 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #677 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,148
- born since 1984
- 2020s
- peak decade
Whitley's 8,148 recorded births place it above 97.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
35 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Whitley compares
8,148 Top 11% higher than 89% of 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
Whitley's all-time total is 22x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Whitley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,148 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 508 | 21 | 19,840 |
Whitley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Whitley's full recorded timeline at 2005, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 508 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Whitley popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (1988)
- 508
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Whitley popularity over time - boys
843 total births recorded since 1914 (Whitley as boys' name)
Whitley by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,127 births, 26% of the file).
2020s was Whitley's strongest decade.
2,127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Whitley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
1,052 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,007 births
- 2000s
2000s
887 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,075 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,127 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,127 births (26% of all-time use).
How Whitley compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Whitley's total volume
Whitley by state
Where Whitley concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 974 | 12.0% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 553 | 6.8% |
| #3 | Kentucky | | 466 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 459 | 5.6% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 405 | 5.0% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 327 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Arkansas | | 294 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 291 | 3.6% |
974 of 8,148 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Whitley appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Whitleys (974 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 Whitley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Whitley 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.