How Many People Are Named Whitman?
An estimated 741 people in the United States have the first name Whitman. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 19 years old, and Whitman peaked in popularity in 2018 with 39 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Whitman 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 Whitman paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
741
About 1 in 462,556 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
19
years old
Peak Year
2018
39 births
Total Registered
868
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Whitman
Whitman is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 868 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Whitman as a male name
Ranked #4,174 in 2024
26 male births in 2024
Peak: 2018 (39 births)
Whitman: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Whitman span from the 1900s to the 2020s, covering 13 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 308 babies were registered. While Whitman is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Whitman by Decade
How has Whitman 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.
Whitman by State
Whitman + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Whitman as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Whitman
Other first names starting with W with a similar number of bearers.
Whitman: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Whitman?
We estimate approximately 741 people named Whitman 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 462,556 Americans share this first name.
Is Whitman a common name?
Whitman is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 88% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 868 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Whitman most popular?
Whitman reached peak popularity in 2018, when 39 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Whitman is approximately 19 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Whitman a male name?
Whitman is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Whitman Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Whitman Smith, Whitman Johnson, Whitman 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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