How rare is the name Britton?

6,739 people in the United States have the first name Britton, about 1 in 44,818. It ranks #3,202 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRITTON

#3,202

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,739
About
1 in 44,818
This common or more
81.9%
Who bears it

Of the 6,739 people named Britton, 83.9% reported their origin as White, 6.8% as Black and 4.9% as two or more races. 74.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Britton peaked in 2011, when 216 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18962025
Peak year
2011
Births that year
216
In 2025*
70 ▼68%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 8,293 babies have been given the name since 1896. 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.

Britton by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,815. The largest share of babies named Britton, 32.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1890s#3,7106
1910s#5,64054
1920s#6,01081
1930s#5,11085
1940s#4,821109
1950s#4,734146
1960s#3,228343
1970s#2,332734
1980s#1,8151,371
1990s#2,1031,460
2000s#2,3851,602
2010s#2,3991,767
2020s#3,846535
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.4%
Silent Generation 1928–452%
Baby boom 1946–643.8%
Generation X 1965–8012.9%
Millennials 1981–9627.3%
Generation Z 1997–1232.2%
2013 and later20.4%

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 Britton is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Britton has been most common in Utah (11×), Texas (3.5×), and Tennessee (2.8×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.27×).

2,981 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 Britton

#3,200 Christoper · 6,743#3,201 Artemio · 6,740#3,203 Arian · 6,730#3,204 Said · 6,729

Spelled almost the same

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

#168 Brittany · 302,717#2,517 Brittani · 9,668#3,870 Brittni · 5,076#5,315 Brittny · 3,256#6,120 Bryton · 2,661#7,060 Brayton · 2,196#9,746 Britteny · 1,407#10,379 Britain · 1,291

Also a last name

As a last name, Britton ranks #1,250 of 156,621, with 27,730 people. See Britton as a last name

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