Whittney — girls' name

What the Data Says About Whittney

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,633 babies named Whittney between 1979 and 2013, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Whittney currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 151 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Whittney performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 749 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Whittney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 97 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Whittney in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Whittney 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 1,633 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.