NameTides

Whitney

Whitney was the #1,043 girls' name in the US in 2025 (238 babies), and #3,035 in England & Wales and #1,429 in Canada.

Whitney as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Whitney as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Whitney as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,043 (238)#3,035 (8)———#1,429 (17)
2024#1,050 (238)#3,016 (8)———#1,194 (21)
2023#981 (262)#4,710 (4)———#1,108 (22)
2022#1,043 (245)#2,674 (9)———#927 (28)
2021#1,029 (246)#2,942 (8)———#898 (31)
2020#941 (273)#2,843 (8)———#851 (32)
2019#888 (303)#2,643 (9)———#807 (35)
2018#899 (299)#2,340 (11)———#1,089 (23)
2017#829 (328)#1,330 (25)———#775 (36)
2016#760 (375)#1,920 (15)———#915 (29)
2015#638 (446)#1,497 (21)——#896 (3)#820 (33)
2014#619 (463)#1,798 (16)——#876 (3)#772 (36)
2013#589 (482)#1,360 (24)—#440 (3)#660 (5)#791 (35)
2012#561 (523)#1,099 (31)——#768 (4)#685 (42)
2011#518 (563)#915 (39)——#695 (5)#797 (34)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1986 at #32.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1936.
  • In 2025, 95% of US babies named Whitney were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Whitney is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,100 to 1 in 7,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Whitney by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #731NYMassachusetts: #417MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #492IAIndiana: #721INOhio: #959OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: #704UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,037TXFlorida: #1,000FL
Whitney (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2848

Whitney (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
WhitneyCanadaGirls#1,42917
WhitneyEngland & WalesGirls#3,0358
WhitneyIrelandGirls—too few
WhitneyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
WhitneyScotlandGirls—too few
WhitneyUSGirls#1,043238
WhitneyUSBoys#6,44613