How Many People Are Named Witney?
An estimated 183 people in the United States have the first name Witney. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 33 years old, and Witney peaked in popularity in 1986 with 26 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Witney 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 Witney paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
183
About 1 in 1,872,975 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
33
years old
Peak Year
1986
26 births
Total Registered
190
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Witney
Witney is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 190 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Witney as a female name
Ranked #17,524 in 2021
5 female births in 2021
Peak: 1986 (26 births)
Witney: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Witney span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 83 babies were registered. Witney has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Witney by Decade
How has Witney 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.
Witney by State
Witney + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Witney as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Witney
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Witney: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Witney?
We estimate approximately 183 people named Witney 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 1,872,975 Americans share this first name.
Is Witney a common name?
Witney is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 73% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 190 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Witney most popular?
Witney reached peak popularity in 1986, when 26 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Witney is approximately 33 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Witney a female name?
Witney is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Witney Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Witney Smith, Witney Johnson, Witney 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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