Whitlee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- WIT-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,211 for girls
Whitlee is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “white clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 3,211th for girls in the US (49 babies).
What does Whitlee mean?
English: spelling of Whitley, a place and surname
“white clearing”
Is Whitlee a girl's or a boy's name?
Whitlee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 49 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Whitlee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,211among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 49about 1 in 33,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 49 girls in the US were named Whitlee, making it the 3,211th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,734th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 55 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988. 7 boys were also named Whitlee in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Whitlee in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 498 girls in the US were given Whitlee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #596, up from #3,211 for this spelling alone.
Whitlee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #3,211 |
| 2024 | 54 | #3,013 |
| 2023 | 55 | #3,014 |
| 2022 | 44 | #3,535 |
| 2021 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2020 | 39 | #3,734 |
| 2019 | 53 | #3,043 |
| 2018 | 49 | #3,244 |
| 2017 | 52 | #3,091 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 41 | #3,704 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,846 |
| 2013 | 34 | #4,241 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
Names like Whitlee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee Journee Ellie Willow Londyn Kinsley Briar Blakely Oakley Harper Leighton Winter
Other spellings of Whitlee
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Grace Violet Daisy Poppy Riley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter Harrison
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Whitlee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/whitlee, updated 20 October 2026.