Britain
- #11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Given to boys 53.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1986 · 21 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 821since 1966
Britain over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | #7,194 | 11 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #6,479 | 13 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 | #6,296 | 13 |
| 2019 | #5,986 | 20 | #4,806 | 20 |
| 2018 | #6,521 | 18 | #4,226 | 24 |
| 2017 | #3,919 | 38 | #4,466 | 22 |
| 2016 | #5,284 | 25 | #3,524 | 31 |
| 2015 | #4,295 | 33 | #3,513 | 31 |
| 2014 | #4,544 | 31 | #2,929 | 39 |
| 2013 | #5,013 | 27 | #3,405 | 31 |
| 2012 | #4,216 | 35 | #3,714 | 28 |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 | #3,510 | 30 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | #3,531 | 30 |
| 2009 | #6,091 | 22 | #3,831 | 27 |
| 2008 | #5,750 | 24 | #4,267 | 23 |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 | #3,893 | 26 |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 | #4,919 | 15 |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 | #4,204 | 18 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #3,834 | 19 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #3,100 | 22 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #2,951 | 24 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
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| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
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| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1966
The first year at least five boys were named Britain! It came in at #3,537, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1967–1969, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Britain is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Britain in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Britain
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,793 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #7,194)
- 898 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #7,194)
- 3,681 spots since 2015 (#3,513 → #7,194)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 1986 at #2,510 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 49,253
- Highest: 1 in 49,253 boys born in 2014 were named Britain (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,510 in 1986, was only 1 in 87,691 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 34.8% of all boys named Britain (286) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
- Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #3,537 (1966) | #3,537 |
| 1970s | 29 | #4,230 (1970) | #5,038 |
| 1980s | 99 | #2,510 (1986) | #3,936 |
| 1990s | 156 | #2,951 (1994) | #4,352 |
| 2000s | 180 | #3,831 (2009) | #4,847 |
| 2010s | 286 | #2,929 (2014) | #3,762 |
| 2020s | 65 | #6,296 (2020) | #7,509 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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