Britany

#5,238 for girls in 2025, 24 births

Peak · girls
1989 · 534 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,562
since 1970

Britany over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Britany has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #454, 1989girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#5,23824
2024#5,61522
2023#3,83339
2022#4,10835
2021#5,39823
2020#6,32518
2019#6,41418
2018#5,45423
2017#5,82121
2016#3,41146
2015#2,84661
2014#3,13752
2013#3,00555
2012#2,56870
2011#2,27482
2010#1,897106
2009#2,041100
2008#1,913110
2007#1,988103
2006#1,771117
2005#1,819107
2004#2,04489
2003#1,676114
2002#1,555121
2001#1,444130
2000#1,353139
1999#1,196161
1998#1,382124
1997#1,449114
1996#1,079171
1995#914206
1994#844236
1993#664331
1992#613371
1991#564412
1990#491496
1989#454534
1988#566363
1987#674274
1986#631294
1985#795209
1984#1,197109
1983#1,53173
1982#1,72065
1981#2,48838
1980#2,27843
1979#2,43038
1978#3,28323
1977#5,21312
1976#3,67818
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1974#7,6806
1973#8,4235
1972#7,2926
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five girls were named Britany! It came in at #7,995, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1970–1971, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Britany is popular in 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedNHWashington: #697 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,582 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #560 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,520 girlsMNIllinois: #613 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,914 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedWIMichigan: #473 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,829 girlsMINew York: #979 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 9,504 girlsNYMassachusetts: #718 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,445 girlsMARhode Island: #168 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 866 girlsRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedIAIndiana: #376 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,827 girlsINOhio: #435 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,612 girlsOHPennsylvania: #523 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,661 girlsPANew Jersey: #906 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,058 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #829 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 7,139 girlsCAUtah: #460 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,716 girlsUTColorado: #496 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,477 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedNEMissouri: #663 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,334 girlsMOKentucky: #232 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,461 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedWVVirginia: #649 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,980 girlsVAMaryland: #325 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,164 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedKSArkansas: #331 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,060 girlsARTennessee: #400 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,893 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #554 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,792 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #209 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 885 girlsDCOklahoma: #293 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,740 girlsOKLouisiana: #491 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,289 girlsLAMississippi: #467 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,693 girlsMSAlabama: #342 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,162 girlsALGeorgia: #339 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,229 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedHITexas: #538 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 3,773 girlsTXFlorida: #646 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 5,209 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Rhode Island#168 · 1 in 866
  2. District of Columbia#209 · 1 in 885
  3. Kentucky#232 · 1 in 1,461
  4. Oklahoma#293 · 1 in 1,740
  5. Maryland#325 · 1 in 2,164

Best ever in a state: #168 in Rhode Island, 1988.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#16861 in 866
District of Columbia#20971 in 885
Kentucky#232141 in 1,461
Oklahoma#293101 in 1,740
Maryland#325121 in 2,164
Arkansas#33161 in 2,060
Georgia#339181 in 2,229
Alabama#342101 in 2,162
Indiana#376121 in 2,827
Tennessee#400101 in 2,893
Ohio#435191 in 3,612
Utah#46051 in 2,716
Mississippi#46751 in 2,693
Michigan#473151 in 3,829
Louisiana#49181 in 3,289
Colorado#49661 in 3,477
Pennsylvania#523151 in 4,661
Texas#538341 in 3,773
North Carolina#55481 in 4,792
Minnesota#56051 in 5,520
Illinois#613151 in 4,914
Florida#646141 in 5,209
Virginia#64961 in 5,980
Missouri#66351 in 6,334
Washington#69751 in 5,582
Massachusetts#71851 in 7,445
California#829321 in 7,139
New Jersey#90651 in 9,058
New York#979121 in 9,504
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Britany
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 377 spots since 2024 (#5,615 → #5,238)
  • 1,087 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #5,238)
  • 2,392 spots since 2015 (#2,846 → #5,238)
  • Biggest jump: 402 spots in 1985 (#1,197 → #795)
  • Biggest drop: 180 spots in 1994 (#664 → #844)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1989 at #454 (534 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1985–1995
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,452
  • Highest: 1 in 3,452 girls born in 1989 were named Britany (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 66,969 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 40.0% of all girls named Britany (2,622) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s113#2,430 (1979)#5,749
1980s2,002#454 (1989)#1,233
1990s2,622#491 (1990)#920
2000s1,130#1,353 (2000)#1,760
2010s534#1,897 (2010)#3,683
2020s161#3,833 (2023)#5,086

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.

Britany in 1988

girls
#566
363 births · 1 in 4,906 girls

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #566Britany363
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 4,906 of them was named Britany, which outranked 95.9% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Britany
  1. #563Alycia375
  2. #564Angie367
  3. #565Janine366
  4. #566Britany363
  5. #566Lorraine363
  6. #566Silvia363
  7. #566Trista363
  8. #570Aisha361
  9. #570Dayna361
  10. #572Brittny360

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,890Jalissa#3,857 → #967
  2. ↑ 2,381Taja#3,101 → #720
  3. ↑ 1,710Whitley#2,156 → #446
  4. ↑ 1,225Jalisa#1,662 → #437
  5. ↑ 883Jaleesa#1,227 → #344
Fallers
  1. ↓ 620Channing#590 → #1,210
  2. ↓ 346Denisse#954 → #1,300
  3. ↓ 319Jeana#966 → #1,285
  4. ↓ 314Eliana#826 → #1,140
  5. ↓ 311Nakia#893 → #1,204

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1988 →