How Many People Are Named Whitfield?
An estimated 177 people in the United States have the first name Whitfield. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 40 years old, and Whitfield peaked in popularity in 1919 with 18 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Whitfield as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Whitfield paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
177
About 1 in 1,936,465 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
40
years old
Peak Year
1919
18 births
Total Registered
434
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Whitfield
Whitfield is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 434 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Whitfield as a male name
Ranked #9,794 in 2024
8 male births in 2024
Peak: 1919 (18 births)
Whitfield: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Whitfield span from the 1890s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 117 babies were registered. Whitfield has declined significantly from its peak in the 1920s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Whitfield by Decade
How has Whitfield tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Whitfield + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Whitfield as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Whitfield: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Whitfield?
We estimate approximately 177 people named Whitfield are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,936,465 Americans share this first name.
Is Whitfield a common name?
Whitfield is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 72.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 434 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Whitfield most popular?
Whitfield reached peak popularity in 1919, when 18 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Whitfield is approximately 40 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Whitfield a male name?
Whitfield is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Whitfield Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Whitfield Smith, Whitfield Johnson, Whitfield Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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