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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #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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1970#7,9955
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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 1990

  • 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: #469 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,090 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: #470 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,990 girlsMNIllinois: #517 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,738 girlsILWisconsin: #300 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,095 girlsWIMichigan: #402 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,975 girlsMINew York: #775 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 6,424 girlsNYMassachusetts: #740 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,747 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedRIOregon: #404 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,397 girlsORNevada: 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: #375 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,706 girlsINOhio: #416 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,223 girlsOHPennsylvania: #424 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,300 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #809 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 6,561 girlsCAUtah: #405 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,259 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedCONebraska: #269 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,531 girlsNEMissouri: #350 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,527 girlsMOKentucky: #275 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,931 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedWVVirginia: #370 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,519 girlsVAMaryland: #411 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,837 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedDEArizona: #755 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,252 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedNMKansas: #320 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,994 girlsKSArkansas: #313 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,804 girlsARTennessee: #383 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,745 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #354 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,554 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #255 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,541 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #239 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,336 girlsLAMississippi: #460 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,755 girlsMSAlabama: #189 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,070 girlsALGeorgia: #351 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,370 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Britany, so not publishedHITexas: #476 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 3,127 girlsTXFlorida: #477 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 3,440 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#189 · 1 in 1,070
  2. Louisiana#239 · 1 in 1,336
  3. South Carolina#255 · 1 in 1,541
  4. Nebraska#269 · 1 in 1,531
  5. Kentucky#275 · 1 in 1,931

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#189211 in 1,070
Louisiana#239191 in 1,336
South Carolina#255131 in 1,541
Nebraska#26961 in 1,531
Kentucky#275111 in 1,931
Wisconsin#300141 in 2,095
Arkansas#31371 in 1,804
Kansas#32071 in 1,994
Missouri#350131 in 2,527
Georgia#351181 in 2,370
North Carolina#354161 in 2,554
Virginia#370151 in 2,519
Indiana#375131 in 2,706
Tennessee#383111 in 2,745
Michigan#402211 in 2,975
Oregon#40471 in 2,397
Utah#40561 in 2,259
Maryland#411101 in 2,837
Ohio#416221 in 3,223
Pennsylvania#424221 in 3,300
Mississippi#46051 in 2,755
Washington#469101 in 3,090
Minnesota#47071 in 3,990
Texas#476441 in 3,127
Florida#477231 in 3,440
Illinois#517211 in 3,738
Massachusetts#74051 in 7,747
Arizona#75551 in 5,252
New York#775191 in 6,424
California#809401 in 6,561
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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 1990

girls
#491
496 births · 1 in 3,828 girls

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #491Britany496
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 3,828 of them was named Britany, which outranked 96.8% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Britany
  1. #488India500
  2. #489Tania498
  3. #490Mckenzie497
  4. #491Britany496
  5. #491Tracey496
  6. #493Latisha495
  7. #494Norma494
  8. #494Tricia494

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

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

See the top 100 for 1990 →