Whitley
- Pronunciation
- [Whit-ley]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- From The White Meadow
- Origin
- English
Whitley Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 755 baby boys have been named Whitley. The name peaked in 2023 with 79 US births that year (rank #1966). In 2024, ranked #2004 nationally.
Top States for Whitley
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Whitley births are: Missouri (41), Kansas (38), Texas (27).
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Quick Facts About Whitley
US Popularity History (2018–2025)
Annual US births named Whitley by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 420 girls named Whitley (girl rank #677 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Whitley Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Whitley the strongest states are West Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Virginia | #265 | 21 |
| 2 | Kentucky | #326 | 129 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | #333 | 127 |
| 4 | Arkansas | #350 | 86 |
| 5 | Mississippi | #412 | 32 |
| 6 | Missouri | #419 | 154 |
| 7 | Tennessee | #462 | 159 |
| 8 | Nebraska | #467 | 22 |
| 9 | Alabama | #497 | 103 |
| 10 | Iowa | #536 | 20 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Whitley in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Whitley to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Whitley against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).