How Many People Are Named Whitley?
people named Whitley are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 38,737 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,991 babies named Whitley in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
521 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Whitley, 91.2% were girls and 8.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Whitley fell from 96.7% in the 1980s to 84.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Whitley alive today is about 17 years old, and 70% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Whitley first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 1988, to 521 babies. In 2025, 508 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Whitley has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #446, in 1988. In 2025 it ranked #677.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #677 |
| Best rank | #446 (1988) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #777 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Whitley alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Whitley were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,013 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Whitley was given 5.5 times as often in Arkansas, 5.3 times in Kentucky and 3.6 times in Oklahoma.
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