Name meaning & stats
Whitney
Whitney means “white island”. 102,435 US babies since 1940, peak 1986.
What it means
“white island”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1986
102,435 US babies were named Whitney between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Whitney (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Whitney is the main spelling
- Whitney 98%
- Whittney 2%
- Whitnie <1%
- Whitni <1%
- Whittany <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1986)