How rare is the name Britany?

6,214 people in the United States have the first name Britany, about 1 in 48,605. It ranks #3,392 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

BRITANY

#3,392

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,214
About
1 in 48,605
This common or more
82.3%
Who bears it

Of the 6,214 people named Britany, 54.1% reported their origin as White, 27.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 13.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Britany peaked in 1989, when 534 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
1989
Births that year
534
In 2025*
24 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,562 babies have been given the name since 1970. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Britany by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,427. The largest share of babies named Britany, 63.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#7,690113
1980s#1,4392,002
1990s#1,4272,622
2000s#3,0481,130
2010s#5,408534
2020s#8,506161
Generation X 1965–802.4%
Millennials 1981–9663.7%
Generation Z 1997–1227.2%
2013 and later6.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Britany is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Britany has been most common in Texas (1.9×), Florida (1.7×), and California (1.5×), and least common in New Jersey (0.33×).

4,694 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Britany

1 other first name also has 6,214 people.

#3,392 Malaysia · 6,214

Either side of Britany

#3,390 Avi · 6,230#3,391 Laureen · 6,223#3,392 Malaysia · 6,214#3,394 Kaiya · 6,212

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Britany, most common first.

#168 Brittany · 302,717#734 Brittney · 69,444#1,223 Britney · 31,343#2,517 Brittani · 9,668#3,870 Brittni · 5,076#4,857 Britni · 3,694#5,315 Brittny · 3,256#5,617 Brittaney · 3,011

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