How common is the name Brittany?

302,717 people in the United States have the first name Brittany, about 1 in 998. It ranks #168 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRITTANY

#168

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
302,717
About
1 in 998
This common or more
38.5%
Who bears it

Of the 302,717 people named Brittany, 71.8% reported their origin as White, 14.7% as Black and 7.9% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Brittany peaked in 1989, when 38,008 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19632025
Peak year
1989
Births that year
38,008
In 2025*
281 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 361,751 babies have been given the name since 1963. 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.

Brittany by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #31. The largest share of babies named Brittany, 83.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#5,183148
1970s#9453,528
1980s#52141,498
1990s#31191,186
2000s#40117,597
2010s#1,0115,964
2020s#1,6741,830
Baby boom 1946–640%
Generation X 1965–801.4%
Millennials 1981–9683.5%
Generation Z 1997–1213.6%
2013 and later1.5%

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 Brittany is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brittany has been most common in Florida (1.6×), Georgia (1.5×), and Alaska (1.5×), and least common in New York (0.6×).

359,594 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 Brittany

#166 Dorothy · 304,932#167 Kayla · 303,207#169 Janice · 302,296#170 Erin · 301,437

Spelled almost the same

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

#734 Brittney · 69,444#2,517 Brittani · 9,668#3,202 Britton · 6,739#3,392 Britany · 6,214#3,870 Brittni · 5,076#4,725 Brittanie · 3,846#5,315 Brittny · 3,256#5,617 Brittaney · 3,011

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