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How popular is the name Whitney?
Births per year, rank history and how many Whitneys are alive today.
Whitney (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 3035th in 2025 and given to 8 babies. The name peaked in 1997, when 97 babies were given the name, the 346th most popular that year. It has declined since 1997; the 2025 figure is roughly 8% of its peak.
The Whitney you are most likely to meet is around 30 years old - or else around 16: the name has two living generations. Half of all Whitneys born in England and Wales are between 20 and 34, and there are at least 1,500 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Whitney - on average, only one in every 210 such rooms contains a Whitney.
How many babies are named Whitney each year?
Where does Whitney rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Whitney most popular?
Whitney peaked in 1997, when 97 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Whitney?
At least 1,500 people named Whitney born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Whitney?
Most living Whitneys are between 20 and 34; the most common age is about 30. There is a second cluster around 16.
Is Whitney becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1997 peak.