Whittley — girls' name
69 babies named Whittley in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Whittley was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Whittley in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Whittley
The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Whittley between 1988 and 2015, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Whittley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Whittley performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Whittley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Whittley 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 69 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.
Whittley at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Whittley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1988
- Peak year (1989)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
69 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 16 births in a single year.
Whittley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 35 births that decade — 51% of Whittley's all-time total
Whittley decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Whittley's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.