Witten
Witten is a city with almost 100,000 inhabitants in the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis (district) in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany.
Meaning & Origin of Witten
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Witten is a city with almost 100,000 inhabitants in the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis (district) in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany.
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Origin & history
The Story of Witten
As a girl name
Witten first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2015, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2021: 11 births, good for #8,969 nationwide. About 63% of every Witten on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Witten last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 57 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Witten as a boy name dates back to 2007, when 5 babies received it. 2018 was its biggest year on record, with 127 newborns named Witten — #1,385 in the national rankings. About 62% of every Witten on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Witten ranks #4,414 for boys with 24 births, falling sharply (-59%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Witten
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Ingeborg Danz (born 1961), concert singer
- Theodor Detmers (1902–1976), officer
- Felix Dornebusch (born 1994), football player
- Mirko Englich (born 1978), wrestler
- Dennis Eilhoff (born 1982), football player
- Robert Graf (1923–1966), actor
- Martin Geck (1936–2019), musicologist
- Ralf Kapschack (born 1954), politician (SPD)
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About the name Witten
Witten is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2007 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Witten's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #1,385. Use the chart and map above to compare Witten's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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