Britain

Where Britain comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Britain.

Britain through the years
  1. 1966
    First appearance
    #3,537 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1986
    Peak, #2,510
    21 babies named Britain, its best rank.
  3. 1987
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #4,239.
  4. 2025
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Britain hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.