Whitney

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Whitney: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Whitney: Recorded since 1987, its highest recorded position is #94, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
49times a registrar ranked it
38years from first to last
#94highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#356
1997	#346
1998	#403
1999	#463
2000	#478
2001	#753
2002	#1245
2003	#1083
2004	#1617
2005	#1343
2006	#1660
2007	#1854
2008	#878
2009	#664
2010	#896
2011	#915
2012	#1099
2013	#1360
2014	#1798
2015	#1497
2016	#1920
2017	#1330
2018	#2340
2019	#2643
2020	#2843
2021	#2942
2022	#2673
2023	#4709
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2015: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1497 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1987–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #356 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Whitney appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 880 births with the name.

Whitney across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Whitney's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#356 (1996)	#346 (1997)	#3015 (2024)	29 of 29	880 (1996–2024)	97 (1997)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#241 (1997)	#241 (1997)	#440 (2013)	4 of 17	19 (1997–2013)	6 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#378 (2000)	#378 (2000)	#896 (2015)	15 of 16	68 (2000–2015)	7 (2004)

Whitney by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Whitney in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	332	4 of 10	83
2000sbusiest	281	10 of 10	28
2010s	230	10 of 10	23
2020s	37	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 28 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2000 and 2001, when recorded births fell by 29, from 62 to 33.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Whitney appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1987 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #94 in New Zealand in 1987.

Whitney's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1330	25	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1920	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1497	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1798	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1360	24	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1099	31	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#915	39	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#896	39	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#664	55	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#878	37	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1660	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1343	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1617	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1083	21	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1245	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#753	33	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#478	62	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#463	63	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#403	77	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#346	97	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#356	95	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	female	#94	50	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#324	5	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#261	5	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#241	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#593	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#582	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1987 and 2024, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #94, first reached in 1987.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 97 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 13 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aleisha · #95, 26y
Anika · #93, 30y
Briana · #93, 31y
Lilah · #95, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Yahya · #93, 34y
Fraser · #92, 30y
Kacper · #92, 36y
Paddy · #96, 32y

Whitney was ranked #94 in New Zealand · Girls in 1987. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Whitney and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Whitney without appearing here.

Whitney moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Katrina Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #2504 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #4192.
Shauna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #4192.
Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #3695.

Moved ahead of Whitney

Dylan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2673 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #1959.
Diane Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2673 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2504.
Pamela Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2673 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2689.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #1286.

Moved the opposite way to Whitney

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Whitney went from #356 to #3015 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Whitney went from #356 to #3015 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Whitney went from #356 to #3015 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Whitney went from #356 to #3015 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Whitney

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Whitney went from #356 to #3015 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Whitney went from #356 to #3015 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Whitney went from #356 to #3015 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Whitney went from #356 to #3015 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1987 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #94 in New Zealand in 1987. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Whitney

Whitney at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Whitney across 3 official records

Whitney by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Whitney appears in

Popularity data

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Whitney at a glance

Whitney across 3 official records

Whitney by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Whitney appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Whitney

Whitney and the names beside it

Whitney moved ahead of

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