How rare is the name Britta?

3,836 people in the United States have the first name Britta, about 1 in 78,736. It ranks #4,734 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

BRITTA

#4,734

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,836
About
1 in 78,736
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,836 people named Britta, 93.2% reported their origin as White, 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 2% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (100%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Britta peaked in 1986, when 191 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19162025
Peak year
1986
Births that year
191
In 2025*
14 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,682 babies have been given the name since 1916. 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.

Britta by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,168. The largest share of babies named Britta, 44.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#12,17210
1930s#10,17411
1940s#6,82452
1950s#7,36763
1960s#3,521296
1970s#2,989496
1980s#2,1681,014
1990s#3,022830
2000s#7,210324
2010s#6,355421
2020s#8,544160
Greatest Generation 1901–270.4%
Silent Generation 1928–451.2%
Baby boom 1946–645.8%
Generation X 1965–8019.5%
Millennials 1981–9644.3%
Generation Z 1997–1216.3%
2013 and later12.4%

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 Britta is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Britta has been most common in Minnesota (24×), Wisconsin (3.7×), and Washington (2.6×), and least common in Texas (0.3×).

1,346 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 Britta

2 other first names also have 3,836 people.

#4,734 Demarco · 3,836#4,734 Sister · 3,836

Either side of Britta

#4,730 Vihaan · 3,839#4,733 Lucky · 3,838#4,734 Demarco · 3,836#4,734 Sister · 3,836

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,023 Britt · 7,379#10,884 Brita · 1,203#21,948 Bretta · 458#34,642 Brietta · 235

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