How rare is the name Britney?

31,343 people in the United States have the first name Britney, about 1 in 9,636. It ranks #1,223 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRITNEY

#1,223

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
31,343
About
1 in 9,636
This common or more
72.8%
Who bears it

Of the 31,343 people named Britney, 52.3% reported their origin as White, 20% as Hispanic or Latino and 18.8% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Britney peaked in 1989, when 2,518 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682025
Peak year
1989
Births that year
2,518
In 2025*
134 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 35,668 babies have been given the name since 1968. 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.

Britney by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #481. The largest share of babies named Britney, 54%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#12,24320
1970s#2,910514
1980s#49210,070
1990s#48112,074
2000s#63010,016
2010s#2,1422,094
2020s#2,737880
Generation X 1965–802%
Millennials 1981–9654%
Generation Z 1997–1238.1%
2013 and later5.9%

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 Britney is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Britney has been most common in Nevada (2.2×), Utah (1.8×), and Florida (1.8×), and least common in South Dakota (0.34×).

33,653 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.

Either side of Britney

#1,220 Jasper · 31,500#1,222 Gwen · 31,346#1,224 Patrice · 31,301#1,225 Brennan · 31,223

Spelled almost the same

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

#734 Brittney · 69,444#3,392 Britany · 6,214#4,857 Britni · 3,694#5,315 Brittny · 3,256#5,617 Brittaney · 3,011#6,768 Brittnee · 2,332#8,390 Britny · 1,730#8,718 Brittnay · 1,649

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