Whitley
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning white clearing, wheat clearing.
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 by the numbers
Whitley was given to 297 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 508 babies in 1988, making it a 1980s name.
At its height, in 1990, about 1 in 4,800 American girls born that year was called Whitley.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Whitley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Whitley
Names that are said the same way as Whitley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Whitleigh20 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Whitley, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Everlywild boar meadow; form of Everley3,510 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean white
Like Whitley, each of these has white in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Fionafair or white1,672 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Biancawhite or pure827 in the US (2017)
- Ivorymade of ivory; the hard white material from elephant tusks512 in the US (2017)
- Albadawn; white472 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Whitley
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