Whitley
Meaning not yet sourced
Editor’s note Used for both: 83% of US babies named Whitley in 2025 were girls
Girl’s name
What Whitley means
Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Whitley yet, and we don’t write our own.
Editor’s note Used for both: 83% of US babies named Whitley in 2025 were girls Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.
How popular is Whitley?
▲ 9 vs 2024
US: Rising: up from #1139 in 2015.
Biggest US share so far: 1988, when 508 girls got the name (#446 that year). First in the US records in 1984.
How common
- About 1 in 3,827 baby girls in the US in 2025
“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.
Where in the US
Most popular in OK (1.76 per 1,000 girls), MO (1.36 per 1,000 girls), WV (1.18 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.
SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.
US vs UK
Whitley is #675 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.
| Rank 2025 | Babies | How common | Rank 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | #675 | 420 | 1 in 3,827 | #1139 |
| England & Wales | – | – | – | – |
| Scotland | – | – | – | – |
Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).
Boy or girl?
In 2025, 82.7% of US babies named Whitley were girls.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| US 2025 | 420 | 88 |
| England & Wales 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| US all years since 1880 | 8,148 | 843 |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 4 | 0 |
Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.
Other spellings
Other spellings parents chose in 2025
- Whitlee49 US
Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.
If you like Whitley
Girls
- Blair#169“field, plain”*
- Sylvia#300“forest”*
- Stevie#203Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #978 in 2015, #203 in 2025
- Blake#295“black”*
- Rosemary#251“dew of the sea”*
- Scottie#126Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,533 in 2015, #126 in 2025
For a brother
- Wesley#52“west + wood, clearing”*
- Walter#251“ruler + army, host”*
- Arthur#87possibly “bear”*
- Warren#240“river, water”*
- Malcolm#272Variant of Calum, meaning “dove”*
- Louis#249“loud; famous + battle”*
Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Whitley’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.
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