Witt
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WIT
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,940 for boys
Witt is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “white, fair-haired”. In 2025 it ranked 2,940th for boys in the US (42 babies).
What does Witt mean?
Germanic: German and Dutch surname
“white, fair-haired”
Is Witt a girl's or a boy's name?
Witt is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Witt in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,940among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 41,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 91% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the US were named Witt, making it the 2,940th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. It first appears in the records in 1997.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Witt of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Witt in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 158 boys in the US were given Witt or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,132, up from #2,940 for this spelling alone.
Witt in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #2,940 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,627 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Witt
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saint Wells Jett Wilder Hendrix Beckett Jax Emmett Banks Hayes Wylder Rhett
Other spellings of Witt
Names related to Witt
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
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, “Witt: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/witt, updated 20 October 2026.