Whitaker
Boy · WIT-uh-ker · English
Whitaker is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “white field”. In 2025 it ranked 2,167th for boys in the US (66 babies).
What does Whitaker mean?
English: surname from English place names
“white field”
From an English surname taken from places named for a white field, or in some cases a wheat field.
- Say it
- WIT-uh-ker
Is Whitaker a girl's or a boy's name?
Whitaker is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 66 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Whitaker in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,167among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 66about 1 in 26,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 66 boys in the US were named Whitaker, making it the 2,167th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,585th. It first appears in the records in 1949.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Whitaker of any year since it first appeared, in 1949.
Half of all the boys named Whitaker in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 100 boys in the US were given Whitaker or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,485, up from #2,167 for this spelling alone.
- Whitaker 66
- Whittaker 34
Whitaker in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,167 |
| 2024 | 65 | #2,210 |
| 2023 | 50 | #2,613 |
| 2022 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,192 |
| 2020 | 49 | #2,585 |
| 2019 | 53 | #2,490 |
| 2018 | 45 | #2,707 |
| 2017 | 57 | #2,294 |
| 2016 | 47 | #2,625 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,084 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,232 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 33 | #3,330 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
Nicknames for Whitaker
- Whit 79 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Whitaker
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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