How Many People Are Named Whittney?
An estimated 1,571 people in the United States have the first name Whittney. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 35 years old, and Whittney peaked in popularity in 1987 with 154 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Whittney 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 Whittney paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,571
About 1 in 218,176 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
99.7% confidence
Average Age
35
years old
Peak Year
1987
154 births
Total Registered
1,638
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Whittney
Whittney is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,638 total births registered, 99.7% were female.
Whittney as a male name
Ranked #8,110 in 1987
5 male births in 1987
Peak: 1987 (5 births)
Whittney as a female name
Ranked #14,515 in 2013
7 female births in 2013
Peak: 1986 (151 births)
Whittney: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Whittney span from the 1970s to the 2010s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 754 babies were registered. Whittney has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Whittney by Decade
How has Whittney 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.
Whittney by State
Birth registrations for Whittney span all 23 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, Tennessee, California. The lowest are in Maryland, West Virginia, Mississippi. On average, about 28 Whittneys were registered per state.
Whittney + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Whittney as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Whittney: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Whittney?
We estimate approximately 1,571 people named Whittney 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 218,176 Americans share this first name.
Is Whittney a common name?
Whittney is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,638 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Whittney most popular?
Whittney reached peak popularity in 1987, when 154 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Whittney is approximately 35 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Whittney a female name?
Whittney is predominantly female. 99.7% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Whittney Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Whittney Smith, Whittney Johnson, Whittney 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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