Recorded 1881–2025 · United States
Whit was most popular in 2025, when 79 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,142 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,142, with 79 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,287 people named Whit.
Whit first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1881, which makes it about 144 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 108 of the 145 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,287 American births named Whit between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 895 are estimated to be alive today.
79 American babies were named Whit in 2025, ranking #4,142 that year.
Whit is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 61 births a year, against 19 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +230% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Whit is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,287 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 895 Americans named Whit are alive today — 70% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 10 years old, and half are between 4 and 36. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org