Britany
#5,238 for girls in 2025, 24 births
- Peak · girls
- 1989 · 534 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,562since 1970
Britany over time
Rank among girls' names. Britany has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,238 | 24 |
| 2024 | #5,615 | 22 |
| 2023 | #3,833 | 39 |
| 2022 | #4,108 | 35 |
| 2021 | #5,398 | 23 |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 |
| 2019 | #6,414 | 18 |
| 2018 | #5,454 | 23 |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 |
| 2016 | #3,411 | 46 |
| 2015 | #2,846 | 61 |
| 2014 | #3,137 | 52 |
| 2013 | #3,005 | 55 |
| 2012 | #2,568 | 70 |
| 2011 | #2,274 | 82 |
| 2010 | #1,897 | 106 |
| 2009 | #2,041 | 100 |
| 2008 | #1,913 | 110 |
| 2007 | #1,988 | 103 |
| 2006 | #1,771 | 117 |
| 2005 | #1,819 | 107 |
| 2004 | #2,044 | 89 |
| 2003 | #1,676 | 114 |
| 2002 | #1,555 | 121 |
| 2001 | #1,444 | 130 |
| 2000 | #1,353 | 139 |
| 1999 | #1,196 | 161 |
| 1998 | #1,382 | 124 |
| 1997 | #1,449 | 114 |
| 1996 | #1,079 | 171 |
| 1995 | #914 | 206 |
| 1994 | #844 | 236 |
| 1993 | #664 | 331 |
| 1992 | #613 | 371 |
| 1991 | #564 | 412 |
| 1990 | #491 | 496 |
| 1989 | #454 | 534 |
| 1988 | #566 | 363 |
| 1987 | #674 | 274 |
| 1986 | #631 | 294 |
| 1985 | #795 | 209 |
| 1984 | #1,197 | 109 |
| 1983 | #1,531 | 73 |
| 1982 | #1,720 | 65 |
| 1981 | #2,488 | 38 |
| 1980 | #2,278 | 43 |
| 1979 | #2,430 | 38 |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 |
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| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
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| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
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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 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#654 · 1 in 5,006
- Missouri#661 · 1 in 4,920
- North Carolina#684 · 1 in 5,007
- Indiana#819 · 1 in 6,559
- Georgia#926 · 1 in 7,128
Best ever in a state: #168 in Rhode Island, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #654 | 5 | 1 in 5,006 |
| Missouri | #661 | 6 | 1 in 4,920 |
| North Carolina | #684 | 8 | 1 in 5,007 |
| Indiana | #819 | 5 | 1 in 6,559 |
| Georgia | #926 | 6 | 1 in 7,128 |
| Florida | #996 | 9 | 1 in 8,150 |
| Ohio | #1,198 | 5 | 1 in 12,367 |
| Texas | #1,294 | 12 | 1 in 11,658 |
| New York | #1,383 | 8 | 1 in 12,625 |
| California | #2,680 | 6 | 1 in 37,142 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1989 at #454 (534 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1985–1995
- 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%)
- 40.0% of all girls named Britany (2,622) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 113 | #2,430 (1979) | #5,749 |
| 1980s | 2,002 | #454 (1989) | #1,233 |
| 1990s | 2,622 | #491 (1990) | #920 |
| 2000s | 1,130 | #1,353 (2000) | #1,760 |
| 2010s | 534 | #1,897 (2010) | #3,683 |
| 2020s | 161 | #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 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 15,269 of them was named Britany, which outranked 91.0% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,442Micheala115
- #1,442Selene115
- #1,442Spencer115
- #1,449Britany114
- #1,449Hayleigh114
- #1,449Janel114
- #1,449Josefina114
- #1,456Alli113
- #1,456Autum113
- #1,456Harlie113
Tied with 6 names at #1,449; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.