Whitney

Girl name

Whitney has been given to 103,657 babies in the U.S. since 1884. It peaked in 1986.

Meaning & origin /ˈwɪtni/

From Old English hwītan, dative of hwīt (“white”) + īeġ (“island”), "white island".

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

103,657

Peak year

1986 (9,781 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1884

10-year trend

▼ -45%

Gender split

94% girls / 6% boys

Whitney Houston

American singer, actress, and film producer (1963–2012)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Whitney.

102,295 babies since 1949

102,025 babies since 1896

101,731 babies since 1895

101,086 babies since 1915

100,665 babies since 1892

98,788 babies since 1936

108,861 babies since 1942

97,937 babies since 1934

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