Whitney is a girl's name of English origin meaning “white and island.” In 2024 it was given to 238 girls in the United States.
Whitney belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “white and island” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Whitney first appears in Social Security records in 1936. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #32 in 1986, and in 2024 238 babies received the name — 97,424 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Whitney means “white and island” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Whitney is a girl name. In 2024, 238 babies received the name in the US.
Whitney comes from the English & American tradition.
Whitney first appears in US records in 1936. Its best-ever ranking was #32 in 1986, and 238 babies were given the name in 2024.
Whitney is pronounced /ˈwɪtni/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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