Whitman
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WIT-mun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,449 for boys
Whitman is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “white- or fair-haired man”. In 2025 it ranked 3,449th for boys in the US (33 babies).
What does Whitman mean?
English: English surname
“white- or fair-haired man”
English surname borne by the American poet Walt Whitman, author of Leaves of Grass.
Is Whitman a girl's or a boy's name?
Whitman is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Whitman in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,449th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33 about 1 in 52,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the US were named Whitman, making it the 3,449th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1909.
2025 had more boys named Whitman than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Whitman in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Whitman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,449 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 32 | #3,493 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 36 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
Nicknames for Whitman
- Whit 79 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Whitman
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson, Walker, Weston, Easton, Wilder, Westin, Jackson, Wyatt, Boston, Colson, Lincoln, Lawson
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Whitman: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/whitman, updated 20 October 2026.