girls:
57 births since 2015
#5659 (1st percentile)
boys:
934 births since 2007
#3657 (20th percentile)
overall:
991 births since 2007
#6748 (13th percentile)
The name Witten is the #6,748 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 991 recorded births since 2007. This represents the 12.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,657 (20.2% percentile) for all time with 934 births since 2007. For girls, it ranks #5,659 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 57 births since 2015.
Witten first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2007 (2007 for boys and 2015 for girls).
The name Witten has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 88.6% of babies named Witten were boys.
For boys, Witten reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 13.4% percentile (ranked #791) with 65 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 65 births per million (ranked 13.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Witten ranks #877 for boys (3.7% percentile) with 21 births per million, which is 32.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Witten reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #930) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Witten ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 46.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Witten".
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