How Many People Are Named Whitni?
An estimated 319 people in the United States have the first name Whitni. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 36 years old, and Whitni peaked in popularity in 1986 with 37 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Whitni 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 Whitni paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
319
About 1 in 1,074,465 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
36
years old
Peak Year
1986
37 births
Total Registered
333
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Whitni
Whitni is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 333 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Whitni as a female name
Ranked #20,332 in 2008
5 female births in 2008
Peak: 1986 (37 births)
Whitni: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Whitni span from the 1970s to the 2000s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 165 babies were registered. Whitni has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Whitni by Decade
How has Whitni 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.
Whitni + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Whitni as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Whitni: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Whitni?
We estimate approximately 319 people named Whitni 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 1,074,465 Americans share this first name.
Is Whitni a common name?
Whitni is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 79.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 333 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Whitni most popular?
Whitni reached peak popularity in 1986, when 37 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Whitni is approximately 36 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Whitni a female name?
Whitni is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Whitni Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Whitni Smith, Whitni Johnson, Whitni 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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