Brittan
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #11,169 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to girls 64.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 36 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 879since 1974
Brittan over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #4,953 | 28 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #5,437 | 23 | #4,631 | 18 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #4,313 | 26 | #3,834 | 19 |
| 1998 | #4,238 | 26 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #3,969 | 26 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #3,704 | 29 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #3,419 | 32 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #3,813 | 27 | #3,058 | 20 |
| 1989 | #3,673 | 27 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #3,393 | 28 | #2,682 | 21 |
| 1987 | #3,743 | 23 | #2,559 | 21 |
| 1986 | #2,682 | 36 | #2,429 | 22 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #3,423 | 24 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #3,555 | 22 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,532 | 23 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Brittan! It came in at #8,775, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1977, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Brittan is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Texas#1,878 · 1 in 26,334
- California#2,083 · 1 in 29,671
Best ever in a state: #1,222 in Florida, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #1,878 | 5 | 1 in 26,334 |
| California | #2,083 | 7 | 1 in 29,671 |
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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 Brittan
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Debuted 1974
- Peaked 1986 at #2,682 (36 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 47,654 girls born in 1986 were named Brittan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,573 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 29.5% of all girls named Brittan (259) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1977, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 36 | #5,751 (1979) | #7,546 |
| 1980s | 222 | #2,682 (1986) | #4,093 |
| 1990s | 259 | #3,419 (1992) | #4,106 |
| 2000s | 192 | #4,649 (2000) | #6,611 |
| 2010s | 134 | #5,710 (2012) | #9,063 |
| 2020s | 36 | #7,559 (2020) | #10,794 |
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.
Brittan in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 47,654 of them was named Brittan, which outranked 79.1% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,620Willie37
- #2,620Yecenia37
- #2,620Zenaida37
- #2,682Brittan36
- #2,682Alonna36
- #2,682Aubry36
- #2,682Brittiny36
- #2,724Abra35
- #2,724Aleta35
- #2,724Alida35
Tied with 41 names at #2,682; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 83,705 of them was named Brittan, which outranked 69.0% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,360Wendy23
- #2,360Wesly23
- #2,360Zev23
- #2,429Brittan22
- #2,429Alek22
- #2,429Alen22
- #2,429Armen22
- #2,510Abe21
- #2,510Adison21
- #2,510Aleksander21
Tied with 80 names at #2,429; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.