The Whipple surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,850 people carried this name — #2,602 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 13,387 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Whipple surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Whimple’.

His entry covers Whimple, Whipple and Whippell.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 805 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

189 families named Whipple, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 1,144 people lived in those households, 6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 3 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Rhode Island 54
Massachusetts 44
Connecticut 25
New York 24
New Hampshire 20
Vermont 19
Pennsylvania 2
Maine 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 268 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Whipple in American newspapers,
1901–1921.

Newspaper page from The Herald-advance carrying the name Whipple
The Herald-advance 1901-08-16
Newspaper page from The Pioche Record carrying the name Whipple
The Pioche Record 1921-05-20
Newspaper page from The Herald-advance carrying the name Whipple
The Herald-advance 1901-08-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 229,156 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Whipple in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1980s.

1,332 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Whipple. The most, 236, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 648
Queensland 239
Victoria 189
Western Australia 101
South Australia 81
Tasmania 27
ACT (Canberra) 9
Northern Territory 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Whipple.

Who carried it

People named Whipple,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joseph Whipple, Jr.
    Joseph Whipple, Jr. 1687–1750 · politician
  • William Whipple
    William Whipple 1730–1785 · politician
  • William Whipple
    William Whipple 1730–1785 · politician
  • Abraham Whipple
    Abraham Whipple 1733–1819 · military officer
  • John Whipple 1617–1685
  • Joseph Whipple 1662–1746

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Whipple,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,123 records

1,123 records of the Whipple name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 437
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 222
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 201
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 198
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 30
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 30
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Clifford Leroy Whipple

    Born 1946; from Downey, California. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1965 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles C. Whipple

    Born 1906 in Rhode Island. Enlisted 1943 at Providence; surveyor. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1994, buried at Rhode Island Veteran Memorial Cemetery, Exeter, Rhode Island.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John P. Whipple

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the City of Berlin from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 65; laborer. From London; bound for Newark.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,123 records for Whipple in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia35 records

35 records of the Whipple name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 27
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 4
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Lysander G. Whipple

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Maria, aged 21; American.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ernest Whipple

    Arrived in Queensland in 1884 aboard the Duke of Devonshire.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Francis L. Whipple

    Of Orange, New South Wales; died 1921.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 35 records for Whipple in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada30 records

30 records of the Whipple name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 19
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 7
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William Whipple

    Died 1939; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mary Whipple

    Died 1869 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Walter Whipple

    Died in service in 1920.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 30 records for Whipple in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Whipple name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record L. A. Whipple

    Ork And' Lancaster Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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