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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #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
1898
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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 1960

girls
#2,820
19 births · 1 in 106,418 girls
boys
#654
142 births · 1 in 15,016 boys

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #2,820Britt19

Top boys' names in 1960

  1. #1David85,929
  2. #2Michael84,153
  3. #3James76,815
  4. #4John76,096
  5. #5Robert72,357
  6. #6Mark58,727
  7. #7William49,361
  8. #8Richard43,553
  9. #9Thomas39,278
  10. #10Steven33,878
  11. #654Britt142
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 106,418 of them was named Britt, which outranked 61.5% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Britt
  1. #2,729Vanetta20
  2. #2,729Yvonna20
  3. #2,729Zana20
  4. #2,820Britt19
  5. #2,820Adelia19
  6. #2,820Alix19
  7. #2,820Angele19
  8. #2,904Alayne18
  9. #2,904Alfred18
  10. #2,904Angelena18

Tied with 83 names at #2,820; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 1,798Lisha#2,395#597
  2. 1,223Elana#2,108#885
  3. 667Leisha#1,537#870
  4. 513Misty#1,214#701
  5. 462Loriann#1,396#934
Fallers
  1. 421Taryn#771#1,192
  2. 335Cheryll#993#1,328
  3. 305Marilynn#724#1,029
  4. 304Drema#997#1,301
  5. 258Merrie#978#1,236

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

boys

2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 15,016 of them was named Britt, which outranked 85.8% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Britt
  1. #651Adolph143
  2. #651Frederic143
  3. #651Johnathan143
  4. #654Britt142
  5. #654Coy142
  6. #654Santos142
  7. #657Donn141
  8. #657Ignacio141
  9. #657Lindsey141

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

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 3,061Stephon#3,988#927
  2. 1,039Kennedy#1,759#720
  3. 489Darryle#1,416#927
  4. 379Garret#1,360#981
  5. 373Darryll#1,324#951
Fallers
  1. 333Grayling#987#1,320
  2. 327Lucious#946#1,273
  3. 274Brion#919#1,193
  4. 261Gail#747#1,008
  5. 254Delton#939#1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1960