Whitley Girl
How popular is Whitley?
#675 girl name in 2025
420 baby girls were named Whitley in the US in 2025, making it the 675th most popular girl name. Another 88 boys got the name (#1,808 for boys).
Whitley popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #675 for girls (▲ 9 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 420 girls, 88 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+89% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,139 in 2015, #946 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1988 (508 girls) |
| Highest rank | #446 in 1988 |
| First recorded | 1984 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 15% boys, 85% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Whitley counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Whitley family of names ranked #570 for girls in 2025 (#579 the year before), with 498 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Whitley | 420 | 84% |
| Whitlee | 49 | 10% |
| Whitleigh | 29 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Whitley is most popular
Babies named Whitley per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Whitley by decade
Girl names about as popular as Whitley
Questions
- Is Whitley a boy or girl name?
- Whitley is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 85% of babies named Whitley were girls.
- How popular is the name Whitley?
- 420 baby girls were named Whitley in the US in 2025, making it the 675th most popular girl name. Another 88 boys got the name (#1,808 for boys).
- When was Whitley most popular?
- Whitley peaked in 1988, when 508 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #446 in 1988.
- How many people are named Whitley?
- 8,991 babies have been named Whitley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,842 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Whitley most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Whitley was most common in Oklahoma, at 1.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.