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Whitley

Girl's name · #677 in the US (2025) · Trending

84% girls · 16% boys — Whitley is also given to boys: 88 in 2025, about 16% in recent years. Whitley →

Popularity over time

Whitley is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1984, it stood at #677 in 2025; about 8,100 girls have been named Whitley along the way.

Across the states

In recent years, Whitley ran 3–4× its national rate in Arkansas, Oklahoma and neighboring states.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 29 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Whitley ranks in other countries and regions.

#3,011 in Canada (2024).

Famous Whitleys

• Whitley Pate^de — American tennis player

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 27,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

• Kym Whitley — American actress and comedian
• Keith Whitley — American country singer (1954–1989)
• Chris Whitley — American blues/rock singer-songwriter and guitarist

In stories & tradition

• Whitley Gilbert-Wayne — A Different World (TV series)

Similar names: Anneliese · Winry · Hartley · Holland · Bentley · Ripley

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