Meaning and history
Whitney comes from an English surname based on a place name probably meaning "white island," from Old English hwit and ieg. Actress Whitney Blake (1925–2002) initiated its popular feminine use in the 1960s, and singer Whitney Houston (1963–2012) boosted it further in the 1980s.
20062006: 564 births, rank #535
2007: 533 births, rank #564
2008: 543 births, rank #567
2009: 595 births, rank #507
2010: 541 births, rank #541
20112011: 563 births, rank #518
2012: 523 births, rank #561
2013: 482 births, rank #589
2014: 463 births, rank #619
2015: 446 births, rank #638
20162016: 375 births, rank #760
2017: 328 births, rank #829
2018: 299 births, rank #899
2019: 303 births, rank #888
2020: 273 births, rank #941
20212021: 246 births, rank #1,029
2022: 245 births, rank #1,043
2023: 262 births, rank #981
2024: 238 births, rank #1,050
20252025: 238 births, rank #1,043
Whitney moved from #941 to #982 for girls between 2020 and 2023. Its highest annual birth count came in 1986, with 9,536 births.