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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alabama#23 · 1 in 115
- Mississippi#26 · 1 in 130
- Arkansas#29 · 1 in 128
- Louisiana#33 · 1 in 156
- Georgia#34 · 1 in 168
Best ever in a state: #17 in Alabama, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #23 | 185 | 1 in 115 |
| Mississippi | #26 | 106 | 1 in 130 |
| Arkansas | #29 | 97 | 1 in 128 |
| Louisiana | #33 | 181 | 1 in 156 |
| Georgia | #34 | 224 | 1 in 168 |
| Tennessee | #37 | 146 | 1 in 189 |
| Utah | #39 | 75 | 1 in 186 |
| Nevada | #40 | 32 | 1 in 159 |
| Kentucky | #42 | 103 | 1 in 203 |
| Indiana | #44 | 170 | 1 in 193 |
| Wyoming | #46 | 13 | 1 in 184 |
| South Carolina | #48 | 85 | 1 in 208 |
| Montana | #51 | 21 | 1 in 185 |
| North Dakota | #56 | 20 | 1 in 213 |
| Missouri | #57 | 106 | 1 in 296 |
| Florida | #59 | 237 | 1 in 280 |
| Virginia | #59 | 110 | 1 in 307 |
| Alaska | #61 | 16 | 1 in 232 |
| Texas | #61 | 396 | 1 in 332 |
| Arizona | #63 | 77 | 1 in 304 |
| West Virginia | #64 | 32 | 1 in 295 |
| North Carolina | #65 | 106 | 1 in 335 |
| Ohio | #65 | 188 | 1 in 361 |
| Oregon | #65 | 53 | 1 in 290 |
| South Dakota | #65 | 16 | 1 in 254 |
| Idaho | #67 | 20 | 1 in 278 |
| Iowa | #67 | 57 | 1 in 280 |
| Illinois | #68 | 195 | 1 in 364 |
| Oklahoma | #68 | 61 | 1 in 308 |
| Maryland | #73 | 68 | 1 in 361 |
| Washington | #76 | 76 | 1 in 358 |
| California | #78 | 544 | 1 in 382 |
| Colorado | #78 | 60 | 1 in 364 |
| District of Columbia | #79 | 18 | 1 in 314 |
| Michigan | #81 | 129 | 1 in 438 |
| Nebraska | #89 | 22 | 1 in 433 |
| Minnesota | #100 | 56 | 1 in 494 |
| Wisconsin | #100 | 63 | 1 in 471 |
| Pennsylvania | #103 | 125 | 1 in 550 |
| Delaware | #104 | 7 | 1 in 454 |
| Kansas | #110 | 28 | 1 in 518 |
| Rhode Island | #111 | 10 | 1 in 506 |
| Connecticut | #113 | 30 | 1 in 578 |
| Maine | #140 | 9 | 1 in 677 |
| New Jersey | #163 | 45 | 1 in 933 |
| New Mexico | #167 | 13 | 1 in 729 |
| New York | #170 | 112 | 1 in 969 |
| Massachusetts | #172 | 35 | 1 in 1,003 |
| New Hampshire | #173 | 6 | 1 in 999 |
| Hawaii | #178 | 7 | 1 in 697 |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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 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 374 of them was named Brittney, which outranked 99.5% 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).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 68,204 of them was named Brittney, which outranked 73.2% 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).
- #2,057Wilton28
- #2,057Wynton28
- #2,057Yves28
- #2,096Brittney27
- #2,096Alexandros27
- #2,096Aramis27
- #2,096Arun27
- #2,161Anh26
- #2,161Aren26
- #2,161Arin26
Tied with 64 names at #2,096; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.