Recorded 1996–2023 Boys' name Peak 2009 352 births

Whyatt — boys' name

352 babies named Whyatt in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s262000s1242010s1752020s27
2010s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Whyatt was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

31 babies were named Whyatt in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Whyatt

The Social Security Administration has registered 352 babies named Whyatt between 1996 and 2023, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Whyatt currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Whyatt performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 175 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Whyatt shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Whyatt 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 352 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.

Whyatt at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

352

Since 1996

28 years of records

Peak year

2009

31 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1996

Recorded for 28 years

Last year on file: 2023

Whyatt popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1996

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2009)
31
Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
010203040 20232018201420102006200219971996 5

Whyatt by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
175 births that decade — 50% of Whyatt's all-time total
1990s262000s1242010s1752020s27

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Whyatt?
352 babies have been named Whyatt since 1996. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2009 with 31 births.
When was Whyatt most popular?
Whyatt was most popular in the 2010s decade with 175 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Whyatt been used?
Whyatt has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 28 years of data through 2023.

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, 1996–2023 (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.