Feminine dossier · first seen 1936

Whitney

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Whitney
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.5% from peak

Peak era

1986

Peak rank proxy

9,536

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1936Peak 19862024

Peak year

1986

Decline from peak

97.5%

2024

238

All-time

97,424

Whitney once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1986, when 9,536 girls were named Whitney.

In 2024, only 238 girls were given the name.

Down 97.5% from its peak.

All told, about 97,424 Americans have been named Whitney and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1936.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.5% from peak

19869,536 girls named Whitney

2024238 girls named Whitney

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