Britt

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #5,067
Given to boys 61.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1960 · 142 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,710
since 1886

Britt over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #882, 1973peak #654, 1960girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024#13,4776#5,06719
2023
2022#6,47913
2021#7,08911
2020#5,69915
2019#8,8898
2018#8,1549
2017#14,1246#8,8408
2016#12,8767#4,94319
2015#10,8669#7,06611
2014#8,96612#7,04811
2013#9,61211#4,46321
2012#13,4837#6,62612
2011#8,61413#4,65920
2010#16,9925#4,67820
2009#9,97511#6,80212
2008#12,5798#5,24917
2007#10,81810#4,64020
2006#9,90111#4,00124
2005#10,9219#3,09133
2004#7,82814#3,86023
2003#5,79520#3,97621
2002#5,25422#3,25927
2001#9,35110#2,93131
2000#7,15814#2,67434
1999#5,21920#2,02347
1998#5,12320#2,65131
1997#5,86816#2,31136
1996#3,50532#1,84249
1995#3,96926#2,02641
1994#4,23824#1,79548
1993#4,99819#1,53959
1992#3,96826#1,54657
1991#3,93626#1,27377
1990#2,85040#1,14989
1989#2,11958#1,20579
1988#2,18752#1,07086
1987#2,12951#1,14070
1986#1,71768#880106
1985#1,65071#1,13367
1984#1,44680#1,01277
1983#1,38985#1,13063
1982#1,30297#1,11567
1981#1,068132#1,00282
1980#1,35193#1,07970
1979#1,226106#1,01177
1978#1,186106#1,32647
1977#1,206101#1,02770
1976#1,21693#1,10059
1975#1,16299#91181
1974#1,054112#89282
1973#882142#81794
1972#893141#80898
1971#984128#764115
1970#1,042118#717131
1969#970122#775100
1968#1,51956#711112
1967#1,64048#672123
1966#1,32067#81979
1965#1,68944#84775
1964#1,48258#703121
1963#2,36426#738110
1962#3,16116#719114
1961#2,60822#77399
1960#2,82019#654142
1959#3,10415#706119
1958#3,37913#82084
1957#732105
1956#4,4678#94063
1955#86273
1954#4,6557#77285
1953#4,2268#1,05847
1952#96854
1951#1,19537
1950#1,23234
1949#1,50124
1948#1,37828
1947#1,91616
1946#1,55721
1945#1,85214
1944#2,6338
1943#1,43124
1942#2,14512
1941#2,4919
1940#3,1306
1939#3,1136
1938#2,4799
1937#2,6808
1936#2,8547
1935#2,5299
1934#2,9737
1933
1932
1931#3,0957
1930#3,0228
1929#2,7669
1928
1927#3,4517
1926#2,9049
1925
1924#2,47312
1923#2,77210
1922
1921#3,5177
1920#3,8156
1919
1918#2,69910
1917#3,5456
1916#2,54310
1915#3,0827
1914#1,77213
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1900
1899#9286
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1887
1886#9595
1885
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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five boys were named Britt! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1898, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Britt
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 286 spots in 1954 (#1,058#772)
  • Biggest drop: 260 spots in 1987 (#880#1,140)
Rise & fade · boys
74 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1960 at #654 (142 births)
  • Births halved by 1976, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1954–1975
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,177
  • Highest: 1 in 14,177 boys born in 1967 were named Britt (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 90,678 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #654 in 1960, was only 1 in 15,016 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 22.8% of all boys named Britt (1,075) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2015
  • Mostly girls until 2014, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#959 (1886)#959
1890s6#928 (1899)#928
1900s0
1910s46#1,772 (1914)#2,728
1920s60#2,473 (1924)#3,100
1930s61#2,479 (1938)#2,843
1940s162#1,378 (1948)#2,003
1950s701#706 (1959)#929
1960s1,075#654 (1960)#741
1970s854#717 (1970)#937
1980s767#880 (1986)#1,077
1990s534#1,149 (1990)#1,816
2000s242#2,674 (2000)#4,048
2010s139#4,463 (2013)#6,537
2020s58#5,067 (2024)#6,084

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Britt in 1959

girls
#3,104
15 births · 1 in 134,897 girls
boys
#706
119 births · 1 in 17,937 boys

Top girls' names in 1959

  1. #1Mary54,502
  2. #2Susan41,617
  3. #3Linda40,410
  4. #4Karen36,784
  5. #5Donna36,468
  6. #6Patricia35,223
  7. #7Debra31,388
  8. #8Cynthia30,186
  9. #9Deborah29,546
  10. #10Lisa25,699
  11. #3,104Britt15

Top boys' names in 1959

  1. #1Michael85,294
  2. #2David83,977
  3. #3James78,648
  4. #4John76,446
  5. #5Robert74,542
  6. #6Mark56,945
  7. #7William51,386
  8. #8Richard47,202
  9. #9Thomas40,296
  10. #10Steven33,597
  11. #706Britt119
More about 1959

girls

2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 134,897 of them was named Britt, which outranked 56.9% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Britt
  1. #2,980Virgil16
  2. #2,980Wesley16
  3. #2,980Willia16
  4. #3,104Britt15
  5. #3,104Aleida15
  6. #3,104Alfreida15
  7. #3,104Alyse15
  8. #3,254Aggie14
  9. #3,254Alease14
  10. #3,254Aleshia14

Tied with 149 names at #3,104; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. 1,090Alesia#1,985#895
  2. 948Tori#1,791#843
  3. 440Taryn#1,211#771
  4. 437Venus#1,007#570
  5. 393Vilma#1,364#971
Fallers
  1. 283Dani#961#1,244
  2. 257Nicki#973#1,230
  3. 235Lanita#973#1,208
  4. 219Concetta#973#1,192
  5. 197Gisele#766#963

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 17,937 of them was named Britt, which outranked 84.6% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Britt
  1. #702Derwin120
  2. #702Elwood120
  3. #702Jeremy120
  4. #706Britt119
  5. #706Elliot119
  6. #708Gil118
  7. #708Myles118
  8. #710Carmine117

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. 2,208Efrem#3,033#825
  2. 901Darin#1,677#776
  3. 871Yancy#1,557#686
  4. 708Raynard#1,677#969
  5. 644Darrin#1,396#752
Fallers
  1. 307Jace#761#1,068
  2. 241Otha#915#1,156
  3. 234Cheryl#994#1,228
  4. 230Dann#969#1,199
  5. 227Carnell#777#1,004

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1959