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
- Peak · girls
- 1989 · 37,792 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 19 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 360,673since 1963
Brittany over time
Rank among girls' names. 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 | #928 | 281 | — | |
| 2024 | #791 | 356 | — | |
| 2023 | #857 | 311 | — | |
| 2022 | #840 | 333 | — | |
| 2021 | #934 | 284 | — | |
| 2020 | #960 | 265 | — | |
| 2019 | #843 | 320 | — | |
| 2018 | #879 | 307 | — | |
| 2017 | #714 | 402 | — | |
| 2016 | #546 | 573 | — | |
| 2015 | #462 | 689 | — | |
| 2014 | #458 | 698 | — | |
| 2013 | #421 | 724 | — | |
| 2012 | #407 | 769 | — | |
| 2011 | #419 | 750 | — | |
| 2010 | #427 | 732 | — | |
| 2009 | #461 | 672 | — | |
| 2008 | #414 | 776 | — | |
| 2007 | #352 | 918 | — | |
| 2006 | #320 | 1,025 | — | |
| 2005 | #277 | 1,193 | — | |
| 2004 | #240 | 1,356 | #5,813 | 13 |
| 2003 | #209 | 1,578 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #170 | 1,937 | — | |
| 2001 | #115 | 2,929 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #60 | 5,185 | — | |
| 1999 | #35 | 7,942 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #25 | 9,844 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #20 | 11,529 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #14 | 13,797 | #3,549 | 19 |
| 1995 | #8 | 16,477 | #2,210 | 36 |
| 1994 | #7 | 18,900 | #2,123 | 38 |
| 1993 | #6 | 21,725 | #2,209 | 35 |
| 1992 | #4 | 24,983 | #1,844 | 44 |
| 1991 | #3 | 29,093 | #1,768 | 45 |
| 1990 | #3 | 36,536 | #995 | 112 |
| 1989 | #3 | 37,792 | #678 | 216 |
| 1988 | #6 | 26,816 | #961 | 100 |
| 1987 | #7 | 22,231 | #1,009 | 88 |
| 1986 | #8 | 20,313 | #1,075 | 75 |
| 1985 | #17 | 15,437 | #1,214 | 61 |
| 1984 | #41 | 7,665 | #1,399 | 46 |
| 1983 | #64 | 4,377 | #2,017 | 26 |
| 1982 | #94 | 3,102 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #165 | 1,714 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #190 | 1,407 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #300 | 794 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #344 | 630 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #419 | 488 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #508 | 351 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #527 | 332 | — | |
| 1974 | #633 | 244 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #682 | 219 | — | |
| 1972 | #718 | 199 | — | |
| 1971 | #889 | 149 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,369 | 76 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,499 | 62 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,091 | 33 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
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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 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Carolina#3 · 1 in 31
- Mississippi#3 · 1 in 34
- Louisiana#3 · 1 in 34
- Georgia#3 · 1 in 35
- North Carolina#3 · 1 in 35
Best ever in a state: #1 in Kentucky, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #3 | 585 | 1 in 37 |
| District of Columbia | #3 | 126 | 1 in 49 |
| Georgia | #3 | 1,159 | 1 in 35 |
| Louisiana | #3 | 775 | 1 in 34 |
| Mississippi | #3 | 397 | 1 in 34 |
| North Carolina | #3 | 1,089 | 1 in 35 |
| South Carolina | #3 | 604 | 1 in 31 |
| Tennessee | #3 | 814 | 1 in 36 |
| Arkansas | #4 | 304 | 1 in 41 |
| Delaware | #4 | 91 | 1 in 38 |
| Florida | #4 | 1,563 | 1 in 47 |
| Indiana | #4 | 787 | 1 in 43 |
| Kentucky | #4 | 605 | 1 in 34 |
| Maryland | #4 | 637 | 1 in 41 |
| Ohio | #4 | 1,632 | 1 in 42 |
| Virginia | #4 | 884 | 1 in 41 |
| West Virginia | #4 | 270 | 1 in 32 |
| Missouri | #5 | 560 | 1 in 57 |
| Nevada | #5 | 118 | 1 in 48 |
| Oklahoma | #5 | 335 | 1 in 52 |
| Colorado | #6 | 370 | 1 in 56 |
| Illinois | #6 | 1,214 | 1 in 61 |
| Texas | #6 | 1,841 | 1 in 70 |
| Arizona | #7 | 383 | 1 in 66 |
| Oregon | #7 | 231 | 1 in 68 |
| North Dakota | #8 | 81 | 1 in 50 |
| Pennsylvania | #8 | 1,132 | 1 in 62 |
| Michigan | #9 | 819 | 1 in 70 |
| Washington | #9 | 368 | 1 in 76 |
| Wyoming | #9 | 41 | 1 in 45 |
| California | #10 | 2,421 | 1 in 94 |
| Alaska | #11 | 48 | 1 in 68 |
| Minnesota | #11 | 401 | 1 in 69 |
| New Jersey | #11 | 630 | 1 in 72 |
| Connecticut | #12 | 272 | 1 in 69 |
| Rhode Island | #12 | 77 | 1 in 67 |
| South Dakota | #12 | 59 | 1 in 63 |
| Wisconsin | #12 | 455 | 1 in 63 |
| Montana | #13 | 57 | 1 in 62 |
| Utah | #13 | 167 | 1 in 81 |
| Massachusetts | #14 | 423 | 1 in 88 |
| New Hampshire | #14 | 95 | 1 in 70 |
| Maine | #15 | 83 | 1 in 74 |
| Kansas | #16 | 170 | 1 in 84 |
| Nebraska | #16 | 113 | 1 in 80 |
| New York | #16 | 1,097 | 1 in 104 |
| Vermont | #16 | 43 | 1 in 61 |
| Idaho | #18 | 62 | 1 in 84 |
| Iowa | #18 | 194 | 1 in 81 |
| New Mexico | #18 | 90 | 1 in 104 |
| Hawaii | #24 | 44 | 1 in 113 |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1989 at #3 (37,792 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: 10 yrs · run 1986–1995
- Top 100: 19 yrs · run 1982–2000
- Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1971–2025
- Highest: 1 in 49 girls born in 1989 were named Brittany (2.0%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,720 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 52.9% of all girls named Brittany (190,826) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 148 | #1,499 (1969) | #3,762 |
| 1970s | 3,482 | #300 (1979) | #639 |
| 1980s | 140,854 | #3 (1989) | #60 |
| 1990s | 190,826 | #3 (1990) | #13 |
| 2000s | 17,569 | #60 (2000) | #262 |
| 2010s | 5,964 | #407 (2012) | #558 |
| 2020s | 1,830 | #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 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 66 of them was named Brittany, which outranked 100.0% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 19,143 of them was named Brittany, which outranked 88.7% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #955Jermey102
- #955Ronny102
- #960Dominque101
- #961Brittany100
- #961Alexandro100
- #961Darian100
- #961Donny100
- #970Chadd99
- #970Edgardo99
- #970Genaro99
Tied with 8 names at #961; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.