Whitley
Rank in 2025
#675
recorded as girls
#1808
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
508
girls 420 · boys 88
Peak year
1988
508 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
8,991
since 1914
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Whitley was most popular in 1988, when 508 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.29 per 1,000). In 2025, 420 babies were named Whitley, ranking #675 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 55%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 420 | 675 | 88 | 1808 |
| 2024 | 417 | 684 | 77 | 1997 |
| 2023 | 383 | 735 | 79 | 1954 |
| 2022 | 316 | 880 | 63 | 2269 |
| 2021 | 320 | 855 | 50 | 2588 |
| 2020 | 271 | 946 | 37 | 3074 |
| 2019 | 281 | 939 | 47 | 2694 |
| 2018 | 262 | 998 | 44 | 2748 |
| 2017 | 258 | 1005 | 42 | 2840 |
| 2016 | 251 | 1047 | 33 | 3358 |
| 2015 | 222 | 1139 | 16 | 5507 |
| 2014 | 197 | 1235 | 14 | 5997 |
| 2013 | 170 | 1371 | 15 | 5659 |
| 2012 | 157 | 1452 | 11 | 7050 |
| 2011 | 156 | 1446 | 8 | 8767 |
| 2010 | 121 | 1720 | 6 | 10766 |
| 2009 | 106 | 1956 | 5 | 12491 |
| 2008 | 75 | 2511 | 7 | 9871 |
| 2007 | 75 | 2485 | 6 | 10921 |
| 2006 | 81 | 2328 | 9 | 7998 |
| 2005 | 82 | 2225 | 9 | 7640 |
| 2004 | 92 | 1999 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 83 | 2106 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 99 | 1805 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 90 | 1922 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 104 | 1689 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 104 | 1612 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 110 | 1526 | 6 | 8479 |
| 1997 | 105 | 1530 | 6 | 8110 |
| 1996 | 127 | 1337 | 7 | 7136 |
| 1995 | 140 | 1225 | 6 | 7792 |
| 1994 | 182 | 1018 | 5 | 8800 |
| 1993 | 206 | 925 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 236 | 842 | 7 | 6670 |
| 1991 | 365 | 618 | 10 | 5096 |
| 1990 | 432 | 547 | 16 | 3607 |
| 1989 | 480 | 489 | 12 | 4271 |
| 1988 | 508 | 446 | 13 | 3705 |
| 1987 | 50 | 2156 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 8 | 7749 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 6 | 5785 |
| 1984 | 6 | 9144 | <5 | — |
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| 1982 | <5 | — | 5 | 6385 |
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| 1942 | <5 | — | 6 | 3212 |
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| 1939 | <5 | — | 5 | 3480 |
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| 1937 | <5 | — | 5 | 3518 |
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| 1934 | <5 | — | 5 | 3679 |
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| 1927 | <5 | — | 5 | 4210 |
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| 1923 | <5 | — | 5 | 4239 |
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| 1921 | <5 | — | 5 | 4322 |
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| 1918 | <5 | — | 8 | 3096 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 5 | 3981 |
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| 1915 | <5 | — | 6 | 3392 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 5 | 3264 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 91% · boys 9% across all years