Witten
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WIT-un
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,127 for boys
Witten is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,127th for boys in the US (38 babies).
Where does Witten come from?
English: English or German surname; origin uncertain
Is Witten a girl's or a boy's name?
Witten is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Witten in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,127among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 45,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 38 boys in the US were named Witten, making it the 3,127th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,621st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 127 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
2025 had fewer boys named Witten than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Witten in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 91 boys in the US were given Witten or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,575, up from #3,127 for this spelling alone.
Witten in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,127 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,000 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,115 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,298 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,320 |
| 2020 | 99 | #1,621 |
| 2019 | 91 | #1,723 |
| 2018 | 127 | #1,385 |
| 2017 | 100 | #1,605 |
| 2016 | 75 | #1,936 |
| 2015 | 75 | #1,931 |
| 2014 | 48 | #2,540 |
| 2013 | 45 | #2,621 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
Names like Witten
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wesson Wilder Wylder Hudson Westin Easton Colson Shepherd Chozen Stetson Beckett Archer
Other spellings of Witten
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, “Witten: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/witten, updated 20 October 2026.