Whitt
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WIT
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,180 for boys
Whitt is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “white”. In 2025 it ranked 3,180th for boys in the US (37 babies).
What does Whitt mean?
English: spelling of Whit; short form of names beginning Whit-, from Old English hwit
“white”
Short for surnames used as first names, such as Whitaker, Whitman or Whitney.
Meaning borrowed from Whit.
Is Whitt a girl's or a boy's name?
Whitt is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Whitt in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,180among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 46,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 37 boys in the US were named Whitt, making it the 3,180th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. It first appears in the records in 1918.
2025 had the most boys named Whitt of any year since it first appeared, in 1918.
Half of all the boys named Whitt in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 158 boys in the US were given Whitt or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,132, up from #3,180 for this spelling alone.
Whitt in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,180 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,410 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
Names like Whitt
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saint Banks Wilder Hayes Beckett Jett Wylder Truett Rhodes Wells King Tru
Other spellings of Whitt
Names related to Whitt
More English names
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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, “Whitt: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/whitt, updated 20 October 2026.