Boys' name · since 1996
Whyatt
Whyatt has 357 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,651 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,710 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 357
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Whyatt currently ranks #12710 among boys' names in America, with 357 babies recorded since 1996.
Whyatt has 357 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12710 as of the latest data, more common than 9% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #9,651 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,710 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 357 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Whyatt ranks #9,651 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,710 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 357 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,651 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,710 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 357
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Whyatt's 357 recorded births place it above 78.77% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Whyatt compares
357 49th 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
Whyatt's all-time total is 3% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Whyatt | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 357 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 31 | 34 | 22,252 |
Whyatt's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Whyatt splits its recorded history at 2010: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 31 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Whyatt popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Whyatt by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (175 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Whyatt's strongest decade.
175 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Whyatt births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
- 2000s
2000s
124 births
- 2010s
2010s
175 births
- 2020s 32
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 175 births (49% of all-time use).
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What to do with Whyatt's data
- Whyatt's decade-level peak was the 2010s (175 total births); usage has since declined to 32 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Whyatt: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Whyatt 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.