Brita
- Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251
- Peak · girls
- 1962 · 26 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,097since 1916
Brita over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Brita has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 |
| 1993 | #4,826 | 20 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 |
| 1991 | #4,059 | 25 |
| 1990 | #2,850 | 40 |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 |
| 1988 | #3,893 | 23 |
| 1987 | #3,257 | 28 |
| 1986 | #3,277 | 27 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 |
| 1982 | #3,344 | 25 |
| 1981 | #2,375 | 41 |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 |
| 1977 | #2,838 | 28 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 |
| 1971 | #2,801 | 25 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 |
| 1962 | #2,357 | 26 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
| 1944 | — | |
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| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
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| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 |
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| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
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First appearance
1916
The first year at least five girls were named Brita! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1929, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Brita is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Brita in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Brita
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1962 at #2,357 (26 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 40,684
- Highest: 1 in 40,684 girls born in 1981 were named Brita (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,357 in 1962, was only 1 in 75,639 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 23.9% of all girls named Brita (262) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #4,083 (1917) | #4,250 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 11 | #4,047 (1930) | #4,149 |
| 1940s | 34 | #3,350 (1948) | #4,267 |
| 1950s | 74 | #3,619 (1959) | #4,676 |
| 1960s | 156 | #2,357 (1962) | #3,364 |
| 1970s | 208 | #2,801 (1971) | #3,373 |
| 1980s | 262 | #2,375 (1981) | #3,434 |
| 1990s | 206 | #2,850 (1990) | #5,369 |
| 2000s | 80 | #7,580 (2000) | #11,789 |
| 2010s | 50 | #8,580 (2013) | #12,173 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,251 (2021) | #15,251 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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