Boys' name · since 1918
Whitt
428 babies named Whitt in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,664 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,190 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 428
- born since 1918
- 2020s
- peak decade
428 babies have been named Whitt since 1918, making it today's #3190 boys' name.
Whitt has 428 recorded births among boys since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3190 as of the latest data, more common than 77% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #8,664 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,190 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 428 born since 1918
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Whitt ranks #8,664 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,190 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 428 born since 1918, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,664 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,190 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 428
- born since 1918
- 2020s
- peak decade
Whitt's 428 recorded births place it above 80.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Whitt compares
428 Top 47% higher than 53% of 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
Whitt's all-time total is 16% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Whitt | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 428 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 37 | 34 | 22,252 |
Whitt's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Whitt's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1920, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 37, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Whitt popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Whitt by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (164 births, 38% of the file).
2020s was Whitt's strongest decade.
164 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Whitt births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 17
1910s
17 births
- 1920s 31
1920s
31 births
- 1940s 20
1940s
20 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 2000s 53
2000s
53 births
- 2010s
2010s
127 births
- 2020s
2020s
164 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 164 births (38% of all-time use).
Whitt by state
Where Whitt concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
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- Texas records the most Whitts (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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Two nationwide peer axes for Whitt: 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 (~107 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, 1918–2025 (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 Whitt 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.