Whalen Popularity by Year
Follow Whalen across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Whalen birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 8 | #8,910 | Down 1,145 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 10 | #7,765 | Down 1,248 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 13 | #6,517 | Up 1,783 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 9 | #8,300 | Down 2,268 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 14 | #6,032 | Up 1,470 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 10 | #7,502 | Up 141 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 10 | #7,643 | Up 2,027 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 7 | #9,670 | Down 2,575 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 11 | #7,095 | Up 5,090 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 5 | #12,185 | Down 4,145 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 9 | #8,040 | Down 478 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 10 | #7,562 | Up 556 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 9 | #8,118 | Up 2,690 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 6 | #10,808 | Up 1,423 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 5 | #12,231 | Down 4,539 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 10 | #7,692 | Up 3,780 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 5 | #11,472 | Down 1,560 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 5 | #9,912 | Down 3,856 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 5 | #6,056 | Down 284 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 5 | #5,772 | Down 649 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 6 | #5,123 | Down 1,465 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 8 | #3,658 | Down 57 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 6 | #3,601 | Down 42 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 6 | #3,559 | Up 131 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 5 | #3,690 | Down 374 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 6 | #3,316 | — |