first name
WHITLEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,835 people named Whitley, 70.4% reported their origin as White, 18.9% as Black and 6.1% as two or more races. 92.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Whitley peaked in 1988, when 521 babies got the name.
At least 8,991 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Whitley by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,323. The largest share of babies named Whitley, 48.6%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Whitley is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Whitley has been most common in Arkansas (4×), Kentucky (3.9×), and Tennessee (3.2×), and least common in New York (0.07×).
6,735 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Whitley
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Whitley, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Whitley ranks #1,366 of 156,621, with 25,367 people. See Whitley as a last name
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