Britney
#1,570 for girls in 2025, 134 births · Last seen for boys in 2001 at #10,556
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1989 · 2,494 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 35,585since 1968
Britney over time
Rank among girls' names. Britney has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,570 | 134 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,334 | 171 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,151 | 211 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,474 | 149 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,768 | 115 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,908 | 100 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,043 | 93 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,762 | 116 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,580 | 138 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,439 | 160 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,280 | 190 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,156 | 214 | — | |
| 2013 | #838 | 314 | — | |
| 2012 | #899 | 292 | — | |
| 2011 | #905 | 288 | — | |
| 2010 | #904 | 289 | — | |
| 2009 | #742 | 387 | — | |
| 2008 | #688 | 441 | — | |
| 2007 | #565 | 531 | — | |
| 2006 | #472 | 668 | — | |
| 2005 | #429 | 717 | — | |
| 2004 | #351 | 911 | — | |
| 2003 | #323 | 967 | — | |
| 2002 | #235 | 1,345 | — | |
| 2001 | #198 | 1,640 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #137 | 2,404 | — | |
| 1999 | #205 | 1,495 | — | |
| 1998 | #450 | 572 | — | |
| 1997 | #422 | 621 | — | |
| 1996 | #380 | 699 | — | |
| 1995 | #334 | 792 | — | |
| 1994 | #261 | 1,067 | — | |
| 1993 | #239 | 1,177 | — | |
| 1992 | #194 | 1,567 | — | |
| 1991 | #167 | 1,784 | — | |
| 1990 | #136 | 2,294 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #118 | 2,494 | #2,615 | 24 |
| 1988 | #138 | 2,084 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #177 | 1,585 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #189 | 1,404 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #267 | 938 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #447 | 464 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #532 | 357 | — | |
| 1982 | #642 | 278 | — | |
| 1981 | #760 | 217 | — | |
| 1980 | #845 | 184 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,056 | 131 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #1,454 | 79 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,404 | 80 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,585 | 63 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,232 | 37 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,290 | 34 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,309 | 33 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,820 | 24 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Britney! It came in at #3,789, and was given to 13 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1970, when fewer than 11 girls a year got the name.
Where Britney is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#201 · 1 in 1,004
- Kentucky#463 · 1 in 4,081
- Arizona#541 · 1 in 3,572
- Tennessee#552 · 1 in 4,747
- Indiana#599 · 1 in 6,039
Best ever in a state: #36 in Hawaii, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #201 | 16 | 1 in 1,004 |
| Kentucky | #463 | 6 | 1 in 4,081 |
| Arizona | #541 | 5 | 1 in 3,572 |
| Tennessee | #552 | 6 | 1 in 4,747 |
| Indiana | #599 | 6 | 1 in 6,039 |
| Georgia | #615 | 7 | 1 in 4,802 |
| Louisiana | #795 | 5 | 1 in 5,851 |
| Texas | #823 | 16 | 1 in 6,944 |
| Pennsylvania | #910 | 6 | 1 in 11,401 |
| Ohio | #934 | 6 | 1 in 12,015 |
| California | #1,636 | 8 | 1 in 20,416 |
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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 Britney
- 236 spots since 2024 (#1,334 → #1,570)
- 338 spots since 2020 (#1,908 → #1,570)
- 290 spots since 2015 (#1,280 → #1,570)
- Biggest jump: 245 spots in 1999 (#450 → #205)
- Biggest drop: 318 spots in 2014 (#838 → #1,156)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1989 at #118 (2,494 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1980–2013
- Highest: 1 in 739 girls born in 1989 were named Britney (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,995 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 33.9% of all girls named Britney (12,068) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20 | #3,789 (1968) | #4,882 |
| 1970s | 507 | #1,056 (1979) | #2,400 |
| 1980s | 10,005 | #118 (1989) | #412 |
| 1990s | 12,068 | #136 (1990) | #279 |
| 2000s | 10,011 | #137 (2000) | #414 |
| 2010s | 2,094 | #838 (2013) | #1,281 |
| 2020s | 880 | #1,151 (2023) | #1,534 |
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.
Britney in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 12,254 of them was named Britney, which outranked 91.2% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,051Shanell132
- #1,051Stephaine132
- #1,051Tamar132
- #1,056Britney131
- #1,056Cathryn131
- #1,056Melodie131
- #1,056Shemeka131
- #1,061Caren130
- #1,061Charles130
- #1,061Cheyenne130
Tied with 4 names at #1,056; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 245,934 of them was named Britney, which outranked 31.5% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,403Zavier8
- #4,403Zeferino8
- #4,403Zion8
- #4,842Britney7
- #4,842Abasi7
- #4,842Abdiel7
- #4,842Abed7
- #5,355Aasim6
- #5,355Abdallah6
- #5,355Abdula6
Tied with 512 names at #4,842; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.