Whit
About Whit
Whit is an uplifting short form of any number of surname-y full names, for Whitman to Whitaker to Whitney. But Whit stands perfectly well on its own and makes for a witty spin on modern virtue names.
Pronounced wit.
As of October 2026, Whit ranked #1958 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #645 in 1886.
Editor's take: The name Whit is a boy's name meaning "white".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | #3,874 | 28 | 14.6 |
| 2016 | #3,770 | 29 | 15.3 |
| 2017 | #3,668 | 30 | 16.2 |
| 2018 | #3,601 | 31 | 17.1 |
| 2019 | #3,254 | 36 | 20.1 |
| 2020 | #2,841 | 43 | 24.9 |
| 2021 | #2,769 | 46 | 26.3 |
| 2022 | #2,558 | 54 | 30.9 |
| 2023 | #2,412 | 57 | 33.3 |
| 2024 | #2,110 | 71 | 41.2 |
| 2025 | #1,958 | 79 | 46.3 |
World rankings
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Whit on lists
Famous Whits
- Whitner "Whit" Bissell
American actor
- Whit Burnett
American writer
- John Whitfield "Whit" Canale
American football player
- Whit Cunliffe
English singer
- Whit Dickey
American jazz drummer
- Whit Hertford
American actor
- Whitney "Whit" Haydn
American magician
- John Whitney "Whit" Stillman
American writer
- Whit Holcomb
Faye, American basketball player
- Whitney "Whit" Johnson
American television journalist
- Whit Marshall
American football player
- Whit Merrifield
American baseball player
- Whit Taylor
American football player
- Whit Taylor
American cartoonist
- Whitman "Whit" Tucker
Canadian football player
- Whit Watson
American sportscaster
- Whit Williams
American saxophonist
- Whit Wyatt
American baseball player
- Whit Baum
American transgender man
Whit in pop culture
- Whit Sterling
main character in film "Out of the Past"
- Whit
character in the Witch and Wizard series
- Whit
character in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men
- John Avery "Whit" Whitaker
character in the audio series Adventures in Odyssey