Whitman — #4068 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Whitman

The Social Security Administration has registered 868 babies named Whitman between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Whitman currently holds the #4068 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Whitman performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 308 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Whitman shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Whitman in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Whitman 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 868 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.