Whittney
- Gender
- Girl
Whittney is a girls' name, meaning “white”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Whittney mean?
Spelling of Whitney
“white”
A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1980s and 1990s due to the fame of Whitney Houston.
Meaning borrowed from Whitney. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Whittney a girl's or a boy's name?
Whittney is a girls' name.
How popular is Whittney in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1986, with 151 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Whittney in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Whittney in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,033 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,232 |
| 1995 | 60 | #2,211 |
| 1994 | 70 | #1,994 |
| 1993 | 81 | #1,797 |
| 1992 | 89 | #1,684 |
| 1991 | 116 | #1,379 |
| 1990 | 145 | #1,176 |
| 1989 | 134 | #1,201 |
| 1988 | 141 | #1,103 |
| 1987 | 149 | #1,038 |
| 1986 | 151 | #1,013 |
| 1985 | 83 | #1,482 |
| 1984 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
Names like Whittney
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Haley Ashley Emily Kelsey Lindsey Mallory Bailey Brittany Lacey Samantha Destiny Hailey
Names related to Whittney
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, “Whittney: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/whittney, updated 20 October 2026.