Boys' name · since 2016
Whitson
Since 2016, U.S. Social Security records show 26 babies named Whitson, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,110 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,556 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 26
- born since 2016
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Whitson is the #9556 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 26 recorded since 2016.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Whitson has been recorded 26 times among boys since 2016, currently ranked #9556 nationally and more common than 31% of boys, 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 2016 to 2025.
- #27,110 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,556 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 26 born since 2016
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Whitson ranks #27,110 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,556 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 26 born since 2016, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,110 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,556 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 26
- born since 2016
- 2010s
- peak decade
Whitson's 26 recorded births place it above 40.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Whitson compares
26 10th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Whitson's all-time total is 93% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Whitson | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 26 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Whitson's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Whitson's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2017, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Whitson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Whitson by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (18 births, 69% of the file).
2010s was Whitson's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Whitson births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 18 births (69% of all-time use).
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What to do with Whitson's data
- Whitson's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 2020s (8) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Whitson: 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 (~9 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, 2016–2025 (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 Whitson 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.