Brittney
#5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births · Last seen for boys in 1997 at #8,110
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1989 · 7,834 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 11 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 82,203since 1958
Brittney 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,099 | 25 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,976 | 55 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,640 | 42 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,220 | 50 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,507 | 30 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,498 | 43 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,856 | 58 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,962 | 55 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,432 | 74 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,996 | 99 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,861 | 110 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,665 | 127 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,529 | 143 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,284 | 186 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,177 | 205 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,030 | 242 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,079 | 236 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,090 | 238 | — | |
| 2007 | #799 | 360 | — | |
| 2006 | #625 | 463 | — | |
| 2005 | #548 | 524 | — | |
| 2004 | #489 | 599 | — | |
| 2003 | #399 | 758 | — | |
| 2002 | #315 | 972 | — | |
| 2001 | #221 | 1,443 | — | |
| 2000 | #148 | 2,316 | — | |
| 1999 | #128 | 2,550 | — | |
| 1998 | #143 | 2,239 | — | |
| 1997 | #130 | 2,483 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #115 | 2,741 | — | |
| 1995 | #99 | 3,380 | — | |
| 1994 | #89 | 3,876 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #77 | 4,420 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #68 | 5,085 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #58 | 5,829 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #44 | 7,427 | #2,780 | 23 |
| 1989 | #41 | 7,834 | #1,615 | 49 |
| 1988 | #52 | 6,576 | #2,035 | 31 |
| 1987 | #61 | 5,127 | #2,641 | 20 |
| 1986 | #65 | 4,593 | #2,096 | 27 |
| 1985 | #84 | 3,224 | #2,942 | 16 |
| 1984 | #176 | 1,559 | #2,824 | 16 |
| 1983 | #258 | 921 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #332 | 726 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #419 | 518 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #468 | 454 | — | |
| 1979 | #639 | 272 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #772 | 200 | — | |
| 1977 | #921 | 152 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,086 | 112 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,229 | 93 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,414 | 72 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,349 | 74 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,337 | 75 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,292 | 85 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Brittney! It came in at #6,103, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1958–1967, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Brittney is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Utah#192 · 1 in 892
- Idaho#235 · 1 in 1,114
- Arkansas#258 · 1 in 1,258
- Kentucky#300 · 1 in 1,991
- Tennessee#394 · 1 in 2,787
Best ever in a state: #17 in Alabama, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #192 | 17 | 1 in 892 |
| Idaho | #235 | 6 | 1 in 1,114 |
| Arkansas | #258 | 10 | 1 in 1,258 |
| Kentucky | #300 | 12 | 1 in 1,991 |
| Tennessee | #394 | 10 | 1 in 2,787 |
| Mississippi | #446 | 6 | 1 in 2,556 |
| Alabama | #461 | 7 | 1 in 3,107 |
| Indiana | #466 | 9 | 1 in 3,866 |
| Georgia | #602 | 7 | 1 in 4,607 |
| Illinois | #822 | 9 | 1 in 7,878 |
| Ohio | #874 | 6 | 1 in 11,492 |
| Texas | #882 | 13 | 1 in 7,953 |
| California | #1,109 | 14 | 1 in 10,952 |
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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 Brittney
- 2,123 spots since 2024 (#2,976 → #5,099)
- 1,601 spots since 2020 (#3,498 → #5,099)
- 3,238 spots since 2015 (#1,861 → #5,099)
- Biggest jump: 171 spots in 1980 (#639 → #468)
- Biggest drop: 291 spots in 2008 (#799 → #1,090)
- Debuted 1958
- Peaked 1989 at #41 (7,834 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 11 yrs · run 1985–1995
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1977–2007
- Highest: 1 in 235 girls born in 1989 were named Brittney (0.42%)
- Latest: 1 in 64,291 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 48.7% of all girls named Brittney (40,030) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #6,103 (1958) | #6,103 |
| 1960s | 34 | #3,102 (1969) | #4,798 |
| 1970s | 1,149 | #639 (1979) | #1,408 |
| 1980s | 31,532 | #41 (1989) | #196 |
| 1990s | 40,030 | #44 (1990) | #95 |
| 2000s | 7,909 | #148 (2000) | #571 |
| 2010s | 1,299 | #1,030 (2010) | #1,879 |
| 2020s | 245 | #2,976 (2024) | #3,823 |
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.
Brittney in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 7,659 of them was named Brittney, which outranked 93.3% 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).