How rare is the name Britt?

7,379 people in the United States have the first name Britt, about 1 in 40,931. It ranks #3,023 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

BRITT

#3,023

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,379
About
1 in 40,931
This common or more
81.5%
Who bears it

Of the 7,379 people named Britt, 86.5% reported their origin as White, 6.4% as Black and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 50.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Britt peaked in 1970, when 249 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18862024
Peak year
1970
Births that year
249
In 2024
25 ▼90%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 7,626 babies have been given the name since 1886. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Britt by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,311. The largest share of babies named Britt, 39.2%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1880s#3,1215
1890s#3,7106
1910s#6,08346
1920s#6,96160
1930s#6,03361
1940s#3,811162
1950s#1,943752
1960s#1,4141,553
1970s#1,3112,000
1980s#1,6851,554
1990s#3,153783
2000s#6,563371
2010s#10,298209
2020s#15,51764
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.3%
Silent Generation 1928–451.9%
Baby boom 1946–6420.6%
Generation X 1965–8039.2%
Millennials 1981–9626.3%
Generation Z 1997–128.1%
2013 and later2.6%

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 Britt is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Britt has been most common in Texas (2.7×), Minnesota (2.6×), and Washington (2.1×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.46×).

2,721 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 Britt

1 other first name also has 7,379 people.

#3,023 Kale · 7,379

Either side of Britt

#3,021 Justus · 7,412#3,022 Lizzie · 7,411#3,023 Kale · 7,379#3,025 Faustino · 7,365

Spelled almost the same

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

#397 Brett · 142,080#4,734 Britta · 3,836#10,003 Brit · 1,354#10,884 Brita · 1,203#53,039 Bratt · 103

Also a last name

As a last name, Britt ranks #1,168 of 156,621, with 29,594 people. See Britt as a last name

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