Britt

Where Britt comes from

The dictionaries list Britt as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1886
    First appearance
    #959 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1942
    Britt Ekland born
    Swedish actress
  3. 1960
    Peak, #654
    142 babies named Britt — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1976
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,100.
  5. 1990
    Britt Robertson born
    American actress
  6. 2015
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Britt Ekland · Swedish actress, born 1942
  • Britt Robertson · American actress, born 1990
  • Britt Assombalonga · Congolese association football player, born 1992
  • Britt Lower · American actress, born 1985
  • Britt Pettersen · Norwegian cross-country skier, born 1961

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.