Whitten Boy
How popular is Whitten?
#2,883 boy name in 2025
43 baby boys were named Whitten in the US in 2025, making it the 2883rd most popular boy name.
Whitten popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,883 for boys (▲ 1186 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 43 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+72% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,078 in 2015, #3,650 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (43 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,883 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1997 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 95% boys, 5% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Whitten counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Whitten family of names ranked #2,059 for boys in 2025 (#2,422 the year before), with 53 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Whitten | 43 | 81% |
| Whitton | 10 | 19% |
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 Whitten is most popular
Babies named Whitten per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Whitten by decade
Boy names about as popular as Whitten
Questions
- Is Whitten a boy or girl name?
- Whitten is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 95% of babies named Whitten were boys.
- How popular is the name Whitten?
- 43 baby boys were named Whitten in the US in 2025, making it the 2883rd most popular boy name.
- When was Whitten most popular?
- Whitten peaked in 2022, when 43 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,883 in 2025.
- How many people are named Whitten?
- 538 babies have been named Whitten in the US since 1880. We estimate about 534 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Whitten most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Whitten was most common in Texas, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys 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.