Over the past 110 years, 94 191 girls and 2 552 boys have been named Whitney. The name Whitney ranks 351th in the United States among the most common names for girls. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Whitney in 1945. The peak of popularity of the name Whitney came in the 1980s and 1990s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.