Boys' name · since 2002
Whittaker
342 babies named Whittaker in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,884 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,434 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 342
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Whittaker currently ranks #3434 among boys' names in America, with 342 babies recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Whittaker has been recorded 342 times among boys since 2002, currently ranked #3434 nationally and more common than 75% 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 2002 to 2025.
- #9,884 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,434 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 342 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Whittaker ranks #9,884 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,434 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 342 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,884 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,434 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 342
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Whittaker's 342 recorded births place it above 78.26% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Washington.
How Whittaker compares
342 48th 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
Whittaker's all-time total is 7% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Whittaker | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 342 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 34 | 22,252 |
Whittaker's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Whittaker's full recorded timeline at 2015, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 34 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Whittaker popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Whittaker by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (157 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Whittaker's strongest decade.
157 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Whittaker births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 30
2000s
30 births
- 2010s
2010s
157 births
- 2020s
2020s
155 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 157 births (46% of all-time use).
Whittaker by state
Where Whittaker concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Washington | | 10 | 2.9% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.5% |
10 of 342 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Whittaker's data
- Whittaker's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (157 total births) through the 2020s (155) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Washington records the most Whittakers (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Washington 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 Whittaker: 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 (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Whittaker 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.