Britton

#5,238 for girls in 2025, 24 births · #2,765 for boys in 2025, 46 births
Given to boys 76.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1987 · 136 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,337
since 1896

Britton over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #1,927, 2011peak #793, 1987girlsboys
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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#5,23824#2,76546
2024#5,79921#2,95842
2023#4,36332#2,41656
2022#5,30924#2,46856
2021#3,61442#2,17365
2020#3,45044#1,79883
2019#3,22249#1,76288
2018#3,24549#1,606102
2017#3,55243#1,69593
2016#2,79861#1,556106
2015#2,35178#1,538106
2014#1,99799#1,536104
2013#2,34478#1,56899
2012#2,14588#1,439115
2011#1,927103#1,448113
2010#3,20351#1,240142
2009#5,37826#1,314132
2008#3,77942#1,361125
2007#5,09728#1,246141
2006#4,46332#1,132151
2005#3,64640#1,233128
2004#3,63140#1,316112
2003#3,59039#1,205122
2002#4,17930#1,268107
2001#4,10730#1,143121
2000#4,40027#1,087129
1999#3,37437#1,130116
1998#4,23826#1,039130
1997#3,71630#1,110114
1996#4,05926#1,067114
1995#3,87827#1,005122
1994#5,71316#1,022118
1993#4,52422#1,042112
1992#4,23624#944129
1991#5,18118#909133
1990#4,00325#937121
1989#3,40230#878131
1988#3,80524#875118
1987#3,03131#793136
1986#3,55424#872108
1985#2,80433#823117
1984#3,14427#848107
1983#3,06527#91693
1982#2,70434#90797
1981#2,98629#92095
1980#3,41124#96786
1979#3,90319#1,08967
1978#3,19624#1,10962
1977#3,48621#1,14458
1976#3,67818#1,16354
1975#3,63718#1,23847
1974#3,69517#1,15151
1973#4,36213#1,14751
1972#3,40418#1,14950
1971#4,53412#1,05759
1970#4,49212#1,02363
1969#3,61915#1,05054
1968#4,7799#1,16542
1967—#1,21538
1966—#1,28235
1965—#1,38631
1964#6,0096#1,72921
1963—#1,45529
1962—#2,03516
1961—#1,68623
1960—#1,65824
1959—#2,03316
1958—#1,53426
1957—#1,79120
1956—#2,26313
1955—#1,84518
1954—#2,9428
1953—#1,95816
1952—#2,37611
1951—#2,13513
1950—#3,6815
1949—#2,22512
1948—#3,0107
1947—#1,73319
1946—#2,6908
1945—#2,9966
1944—#1,89014
1943—#2,27711
1942—#1,73017
1941—#3,1336
1940—#2,4789
1939—#2,28810
1938—#2,8687
1937—#2,4799
1936—#2,8547
1935—#3,6455
1934—#2,5639
1933—#2,5429
1932—#2,8498
1931—#2,47110
1930—#2,44411
1929—#2,7669
1928—#3,0768
1927—#2,70310
1926—#4,2015
1925——
1924—#3,2608
1923—#3,1758
1922—#2,80110
1921—#2,80410
1920—#2,33613
1919—#3,1158
1918—#2,69910
1917—#2,9568
1916—#2,38911
1915—#3,3926
1914—#1,97511
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First appearance
1896

The first year at least five boys were named Britton! It came in at #982, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1897–1913, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Britton is popular in 1960

No state had 5 or more boys named Britton in 1960, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Britton
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 193 spots since 2024 (#2,958 → #2,765)
  • 967 spots since 2020 (#1,798 → #2,765)
  • 1,227 spots since 2015 (#1,538 → #2,765)
  • Biggest jump: 122 spots in 1980 (#1,089 → #967)
  • Biggest drop: 98 spots in 1993 (#944 → #1,042)
Rise & fade · boys
91 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1896
  • Peaked 1987 at #793 (136 births)
  • Births halved by 2021, 34 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1980–1992
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,512
  • Highest: 1 in 13,512 boys born in 2010 were named Britton (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 37,132 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #793 in 1987, was only 1 in 13,728 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 20.0% of all boys named Britton (1,268) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
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  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s6#982 (1896)#982
1900s0——
1910s54#1,975 (1914)#2,754
1920s81#2,336 (1920)#3,014
1930s85#2,288 (1939)#2,700
1940s109#1,730 (1942)#2,416
1950s146#1,534 (1958)#2,256
1960s313#1,050 (1969)#1,466
1970s562#1,023 (1970)#1,127
1980s1,088#793 (1987)#880
1990s1,209#909 (1991)#1,021
2000s1,268#1,087 (2000)#1,231
2010s1,068#1,240 (2010)#1,539
2020s348#1,798 (2020)#2,430

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Britton in 1960

boys
#1,658
24 births · 1 in 88,847 boys

Top boys' names in 1960

  1. #1David85,929
  2. #2Michael84,153
  3. #3James76,815
  4. #4John76,096
  5. #5Robert72,357
  6. #6Mark58,727
  7. #7William49,361
  8. #8Richard43,553
  9. #9Thomas39,278
  10. #10Steven33,878
  11. #1,658Britton24
More about 1960

boys

2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 88,847 of them was named Britton, which outranked 63.9% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Britton
  1. #1,619Renwick25
  2. #1,619Rodman25
  3. #1,619Wanda25
  4. #1,658Britton24
  5. #1,658Barrie24
  6. #1,658Bubba24
  7. #1,658Carlin24
  8. #1,692Albin23
  9. #1,692Augustin23
  10. #1,692Benigno23

Tied with 33 names at #1,658; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,061Stephon#3,988 → #927
  2. ↑ 1,039Kennedy#1,759 → #720
  3. ↑ 489Darryle#1,416 → #927
  4. ↑ 379Garret#1,360 → #981
  5. ↑ 373Darryll#1,324 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 333Grayling#987 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 327Lucious#946 → #1,273
  3. ↓ 274Brion#919 → #1,193
  4. ↓ 261Gail#747 → #1,008
  5. ↓ 254Delton#939 → #1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1960 →