Brittany

#928 for girls in 2025, 281 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #5,813
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1989 · 37,792 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
19 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
360,673
since 1963

Brittany over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #3, 1989girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#928281—
2024#791356—
2023#857311—
2022#840333—
2021#934284—
2020#960265—
2019#843320—
2018#879307—
2017#714402—
2016#546573—
2015#462689—
2014#458698—
2013#421724—
2012#407769—
2011#419750—
2010#427732—
2009#461672—
2008#414776—
2007#352918—
2006#3201,025—
2005#2771,193—
2004#2401,356#5,81313
2003#2091,578#10,8945
2002#1701,937—
2001#1152,929#6,44510
2000#605,185—
1999#357,942#9,9125
1998#259,844#4,87313
1997#2011,529#4,66813
1996#1413,797#3,54919
1995#816,477#2,21036
1994#718,900#2,12338
1993#621,725#2,20935
1992#424,983#1,84444
1991#329,093#1,76845
1990#336,536#995112
1989#337,792#678216
1988#626,816#961100
1987#722,231#1,00988
1986#820,313#1,07575
1985#1715,437#1,21461
1984#417,665#1,39946
1983#644,377#2,01726
1982#943,102#2,83116
1981#1651,714#4,1539
1980#1901,407#4,9407
1979#300794#3,56911
1978#344630#3,8579
1977#419488#4,5827
1976#508351#4,0128
1975#527332—
1974#633244#3,12011
1973#682219—
1972#718199—
1971#889149—
1970#1,36976—
1969#1,49962—
1968#2,09133—
1967#3,21116—
1966#3,26615—
1965#4,20210—
1964#6,7675—
1963#5,2967—
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First appearance
1963

The first year at least five girls were named Brittany! It came in at #5,296, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1963–1964, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Brittany is popular in 1978

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Brittany, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Brittany, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Brittany, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Brittany, so not publishedNHWashington: #330 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,086 girlsWAIdaho: #180 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 836 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Brittany, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Brittany, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #413 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,791 girlsMNIllinois: #305 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,916 girlsILWisconsin: #533 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,793 girlsWIMichigan: #515 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,427 girlsMINew York: #701 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,784 girlsNYMassachusetts: #372 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,966 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Brittany, so not publishedRIOregon: #233 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,188 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Brittany, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Brittany, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Brittany, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Brittany, so not publishedIAIndiana: #324 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,175 girlsINOhio: #267 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 1,768 girlsOHPennsylvania: #567 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,500 girlsPANew Jersey: #645 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,181 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Brittany, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #484 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 3,067 girlsCAUtah: #48 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 226 girlsUTColorado: #205 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,017 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Brittany, so not publishedNEMissouri: #347 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,555 girlsMOKentucky: #118 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 556 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Brittany, so not publishedWVVirginia: #489 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,977 girlsVAMaryland: #490 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,651 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Brittany, so not publishedDEArizona: #372 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,048 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Brittany, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Brittany, so not publishedKSArkansas: #221 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,048 girlsARTennessee: #291 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,858 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #355 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,490 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #336 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,895 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Brittany, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #440 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,834 girlsOKLouisiana: #276 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,376 girlsLAMississippi: #398 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,191 girlsMSAlabama: #423 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,719 girlsALGeorgia: #216 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,075 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Brittany, so not publishedHITexas: #368 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 2,154 girlsTXFlorida: #351 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,201 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#48 · 1 in 226
  2. Kentucky#118 · 1 in 556
  3. Idaho#180 · 1 in 836
  4. Colorado#205 · 1 in 1,017
  5. Georgia#216 · 1 in 1,075

Best ever in a state: #1 in Kentucky, 1989.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#48671 in 226
Kentucky#118431 in 556
Idaho#18081 in 836
Colorado#205171 in 1,017
Georgia#216301 in 1,075
Arkansas#221121 in 1,048
Oregon#233131 in 1,188
Ohio#267391 in 1,768
Louisiana#276201 in 1,376
Tennessee#291151 in 1,858
Illinois#305371 in 1,916
Indiana#324161 in 2,175
Washington#330111 in 2,086
South Carolina#33691 in 1,895
Missouri#347121 in 2,555
Florida#351201 in 2,201
North Carolina#355131 in 2,490
Texas#368481 in 2,154
Arizona#37281 in 2,048
Massachusetts#372101 in 2,966
Mississippi#39871 in 2,191
Minnesota#41371 in 3,791
Alabama#42381 in 2,719
Oklahoma#44061 in 2,834
California#484501 in 3,067
Virginia#48971 in 3,977
Maryland#49051 in 3,651
Michigan#515131 in 4,427
Wisconsin#53351 in 5,793
Pennsylvania#567121 in 5,500
New Jersey#64571 in 5,181
New York#701171 in 5,784
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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 Brittany
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 137 spots since 2024 (#791 → #928)
  • 32 spots since 2020 (#960 → #928)
  • 466 spots since 2015 (#462 → #928)
  • Biggest jump: 480 spots in 1971 (#1,369 → #889)
  • Biggest drop: 168 spots in 2017 (#546 → #714)
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1963
  • Peaked 1989 at #3 (37,792 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: 10 yrs · run 1986–1995
  • Top 100: 19 yrs · run 1982–2000
  • Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1971–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 49
  • Highest: 1 in 49 girls born in 1989 were named Brittany (2.0%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,720 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 52.9% of all girls named Brittany (190,826) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s148#1,499 (1969)#3,762
1970s3,482#300 (1979)#639
1980s140,854#3 (1989)#60
1990s190,826#3 (1990)#13
2000s17,569#60 (2000)#262
2010s5,964#407 (2012)#558
2020s1,830#791 (2024)#885

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.

Brittany in 1978

girls
#344
630 births · 1 in 2,432 girls
boys
#3,857
9 births · 1 in 182,426 boys

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #344Brittany630

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #3,857Brittany9
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 2,432 of them was named Brittany, which outranked 97.0% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brittany
  1. #341Marilyn634
  2. #342Jolene632
  3. #342Mandi632
  4. #344Brittany630
  5. #345Eileen629
  6. #345Judith629
  7. #347Ruby628
Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,240Aja#4,652 → #412
  2. ↑ 1,987Kiley#2,606 → #619
  3. ↑ 1,951Kylee#2,838 → #887
  4. ↑ 1,785Winter#2,780 → #995
  5. ↑ 1,620Kylie#2,026 → #406
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Shalon#868 → #1,781
  2. ↓ 760Farah#854 → #1,614
  3. ↓ 519Tennille#462 → #981
  4. ↓ 398Shawnte#740 → #1,138
  5. ↓ 362Farrah#177 → #539

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

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 182,426 of them was named Brittany, which outranked 43.0% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brittany
  1. #3,614Zahir10
  2. #3,614Zaire10
  3. #3,614Zalman10
  4. #3,857Brittany9
  5. #3,857Abdur9
  6. #3,857Adewale9
  7. #3,857Agostino9
  8. #4,157Abimael8
  9. #4,157Adrean8
  10. #4,157Airrion8

Tied with 299 names at #3,857; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,237Dequan#4,164 → #927
  2. ↑ 626Nicholaus#1,367 → #741
  3. ↑ 617Nicklaus#1,515 → #898
  4. ↑ 578Zebulon#1,476 → #898
  5. ↑ 424Anwar#1,121 → #697
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Kinte#834 → #1,508
  2. ↓ 668Kunta#572 → #1,240
  3. ↓ 417Telly#732 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 415Lesley#937 → #1,352
  5. ↓ 310Amin#904 → #1,214

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

See the top 100 for 1978 →