Whit
Boy · WIT · English
Whit is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “white”. In 2025 it ranked 1,942nd for boys in the US (79 babies).
What does Whit mean?
English: short form of names beginning Whit-, from Old English hwit
“white”
Short for surnames used as first names, such as Whitaker, Whitman or Whitney.
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Is Whit a girl's or a boy's name?
Whit is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 79 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Whit in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,942among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 79about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 88% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 79 boys in the US were named Whit, making it the 1,942nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,805th. It first appears in the records in 1881.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 12 years. 2025 had the most boys named Whit of any year since it first appeared, in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Whit in the US since 1880 were born between 1940 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 158 boys in the US were given Whit or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,132, up from #1,942 for this spelling alone.
Whit in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | #1,942 |
| 2024 | 71 | #2,098 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,386 |
| 2022 | 54 | #2,516 |
| 2021 | 46 | #2,731 |
| 2020 | 43 | #2,805 |
| 2019 | 36 | #3,198 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,520 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,504 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,273 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,374 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 19 | #1,839 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 8 | #846 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 8 | #699 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 10 | #605 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
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