boys:
364 births since 1918
#4222 (8th percentile)
overall:
364 births since 1918
#7375 (5th percentile)
The name Whitt is the #7,375 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 364 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 4.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,222 (7.9% percentile) for all time with 364 births since 1918.
Whitt first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (first recorded for boys in 1918). Birth data for Whitt is available in 34 out of the 106 years between 1918 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Whitt reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #895) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Despite a peak around 2015, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Whitt ranks #889 for boys (2.4% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 81.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Whitt".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Whitt. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.4% confident that Whitt is pronounced as wiht, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is hwiht, at 14.6% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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