# Whitley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/whitley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,991 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 843 / 8,148 (91% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 156 | 1,453 |
| 2012 | 157 | 1,456 |
| 2013 | 170 | 1,377 |
| 2014 | 197 | 1,239 |
| 2015 | 222 | 1,144 |
| 2016 | 251 | 1,047 |
| 2017 | 258 | 1,008 |
| 2018 | 262 | 998 |
| 2019 | 281 | 943 |
| 2020 | 271 | 946 |
| 2021 | 320 | 859 |
| 2022 | 316 | 884 |
| 2023 | 383 | 736 |
| 2024 | 417 | 684 |
| 2025 | 420 | 677 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 9,555 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7,526 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,904 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,291 |
| 2015 | 16 | 5,733 |
| 2016 | 33 | 3,437 |
| 2017 | 42 | 2,887 |
| 2018 | 44 | 2,792 |
| 2019 | 47 | 2,735 |
| 2020 | 37 | 3,133 |
| 2021 | 50 | 2,619 |
| 2022 | 63 | 2,298 |
| 2023 | 79 | 1,967 |
| 2024 | 77 | 2,009 |
| 2025 | 88 | 1,823 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |

## People named Whitley

- Whitley Strieber, American writer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.