Whittaker
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WIT-uh-ker
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,378 for boys
Whittaker is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “white field”. In 2025 it ranked 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Whittaker mean?
English: spelling of Whitaker; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Whitaker.
Is Whittaker a girl's or a boy's name?
Whittaker is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Whittaker in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,378among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Whittaker, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had the most boys named Whittaker of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Whittaker in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 100 boys in the US were given Whittaker or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,485, up from #3,378 for this spelling alone.
- Whitaker 66
- Whittaker 34
Whittaker in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
Nicknames for Whittaker
- Whit 79 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Whittaker
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wylder Wilder Ledger Archer Baker Walker Karter Brewer Caspian River Ryder Colter
Other spellings of Whittaker
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
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, “Whittaker: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/whittaker, updated 20 October 2026.