Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Whit” in the USA?

Number of people named “Whit” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Whit” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Whit” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Whit” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Whit” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Whit” by birth year

This chart shows how “Whit” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 -100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1886 10 0.000039167 10 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 -100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1903 8 0.000020986 8 -100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 -100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1913 10 0.000008794 10 -100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 -100%
1915 8 0.000004366 8 -100%
1916 11 0.000005686 11 -100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 -100%
1918 9 0.000004145 9 -100%
1919 13 0.00000616 13 -100%
1920 12 0.000005304 12 -100%
1921 7 0.000002998 7 -100%
1922 6 0.000002621 6 -100%
1923 15 0.000006515 15 -100%
1924 19 0.000007978 19 -100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 -100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 -100%
1927 7 0.000003018 7 -100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 -100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 -100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 -100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 -100%
1932 7 0.000003316 7 -100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 -100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 -100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1940 9 0.000003908 9 -100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 -100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 -100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 -100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 -100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1947 7 0.000001943 7 -100%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1952 11 0.000002896 11 -100%
1953 11 0.000002854 11 -100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 -100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1956 10 0.000002425 10 -100%
1957 13 0.000003094 13 -100%
1958 11 0.000002661 11 -100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 -100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 -100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 -100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1971 11 0.000003205 11 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 -100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 -100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 -100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
2006 10 0.000002528 10 -100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 -100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 -100%
2009 15 0.000003927 15 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2011 17 0.000004648 17 -100%
2012 19 0.000005195 19 -100%
2013 14 0.00000384 14 -100%
2014 15 0.000004047 15 -100%
2015 28 0.000007566 28 -100%
2016 29 0.000007905 29 -100%
2017 30 0.000008389 30 -100%
2018 31 0.000008817 31 -100%
2019 36 0.000010372 36 -100%
2020 43 0.000012872 43 -100%
2021 46 0.000013578 46 -100%
2022 54 0.000015962 54 -100%
2023 57 0.000017214 57 -100%
2024 71 0.000021331 71 -100%

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