Whitley
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning white clearing, wheat clearing.
Babies a year
297
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#677
up from #682
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
How Whitley has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2018 | #997 |
| 2019 | #941 |
| 2020 | #945 |
| 2021 | #859 |
| 2022 | #886 |
| 2023 | #733 |
| 2024 | #682 |
| 2025 | #677 |
Whitley was given to 297 American babies in 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 508 in 1988.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Whitley was most common in 1990, when it went to 0.02% of American babies of that sex.
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