Britton
#5,238 for girls in 2025, 24 births · #2,765 for boys in 2025, 46 births
Given to boys 76.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1987 · 136 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,337since 1896
Britton over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,238 | 24 | #2,765 | 46 |
| 2024 | #5,799 | 21 | #2,958 | 42 |
| 2023 | #4,363 | 32 | #2,416 | 56 |
| 2022 | #5,309 | 24 | #2,468 | 56 |
| 2021 | #3,614 | 42 | #2,173 | 65 |
| 2020 | #3,450 | 44 | #1,798 | 83 |
| 2019 | #3,222 | 49 | #1,762 | 88 |
| 2018 | #3,245 | 49 | #1,606 | 102 |
| 2017 | #3,552 | 43 | #1,695 | 93 |
| 2016 | #2,798 | 61 | #1,556 | 106 |
| 2015 | #2,351 | 78 | #1,538 | 106 |
| 2014 | #1,997 | 99 | #1,536 | 104 |
| 2013 | #2,344 | 78 | #1,568 | 99 |
| 2012 | #2,145 | 88 | #1,439 | 115 |
| 2011 | #1,927 | 103 | #1,448 | 113 |
| 2010 | #3,203 | 51 | #1,240 | 142 |
| 2009 | #5,378 | 26 | #1,314 | 132 |
| 2008 | #3,779 | 42 | #1,361 | 125 |
| 2007 | #5,097 | 28 | #1,246 | 141 |
| 2006 | #4,463 | 32 | #1,132 | 151 |
| 2005 | #3,646 | 40 | #1,233 | 128 |
| 2004 | #3,631 | 40 | #1,316 | 112 |
| 2003 | #3,590 | 39 | #1,205 | 122 |
| 2002 | #4,179 | 30 | #1,268 | 107 |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 | #1,143 | 121 |
| 2000 | #4,400 | 27 | #1,087 | 129 |
| 1999 | #3,374 | 37 | #1,130 | 116 |
| 1998 | #4,238 | 26 | #1,039 | 130 |
| 1997 | #3,716 | 30 | #1,110 | 114 |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 | #1,067 | 114 |
| 1995 | #3,878 | 27 | #1,005 | 122 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | #1,022 | 118 |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 | #1,042 | 112 |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 | #944 | 129 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 | #909 | 133 |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 | #937 | 121 |
| 1989 | #3,402 | 30 | #878 | 131 |
| 1988 | #3,805 | 24 | #875 | 118 |
| 1987 | #3,031 | 31 | #793 | 136 |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 | #872 | 108 |
| 1985 | #2,804 | 33 | #823 | 117 |
| 1984 | #3,144 | 27 | #848 | 107 |
| 1983 | #3,065 | 27 | #916 | 93 |
| 1982 | #2,704 | 34 | #907 | 97 |
| 1981 | #2,986 | 29 | #920 | 95 |
| 1980 | #3,411 | 24 | #967 | 86 |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 | #1,089 | 67 |
| 1978 | #3,196 | 24 | #1,109 | 62 |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 | #1,144 | 58 |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 | #1,163 | 54 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | #1,238 | 47 |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 | #1,151 | 51 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 | #1,147 | 51 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 | #1,149 | 50 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #1,057 | 59 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | #1,023 | 63 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 | #1,050 | 54 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | #1,165 | 42 |
| 1967 | — | #1,215 | 38 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,282 | 35 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,386 | 31 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #1,729 | 21 |
| 1963 | — | #1,455 | 29 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,686 | 23 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,658 | 24 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,033 | 16 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,534 | 26 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,791 | 20 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,263 | 13 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,845 | 18 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,958 | 16 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,376 | 11 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,135 | 13 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,225 | 12 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,733 | 19 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,890 | 14 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,277 | 11 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,730 | 17 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,478 | 9 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,868 | 7 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,542 | 9 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,849 | 8 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,471 | 10 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,444 | 11 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,076 | 8 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | #3,260 | 8 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,801 | 10 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,804 | 10 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,336 | 13 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,115 | 8 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,699 | 10 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,389 | 11 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,975 | 11 | |
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| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1896
The first year at least five boys were named Britton! It came in at #982, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1913, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 193 spots since 2024 (#2,958 → #2,765)
- 967 spots since 2020 (#1,798 → #2,765)
- 1,227 spots since 2015 (#1,538 → #2,765)
- Biggest jump: 122 spots in 1980 (#1,089 → #967)
- Biggest drop: 98 spots in 1993 (#944 → #1,042)
Rise & fade · boys
91 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1987 at #793 (136 births)
- Births halved by 2021, 34 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1980–1992
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,512
- Highest: 1 in 13,512 boys born in 2010 were named Britton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 37,132 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #793 in 1987, was only 1 in 13,728 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 20.0% of all boys named Britton (1,268) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
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- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #982 (1896) | #982 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 54 | #1,975 (1914) | #2,754 |
| 1920s | 81 | #2,336 (1920) | #3,014 |
| 1930s | 85 | #2,288 (1939) | #2,700 |
| 1940s | 109 | #1,730 (1942) | #2,416 |
| 1950s | 146 | #1,534 (1958) | #2,256 |
| 1960s | 313 | #1,050 (1969) | #1,466 |
| 1970s | 562 | #1,023 (1970) | #1,127 |
| 1980s | 1,088 | #793 (1987) | #880 |
| 1990s | 1,209 | #909 (1991) | #1,021 |
| 2000s | 1,268 | #1,087 (2000) | #1,231 |
| 2010s | 1,068 | #1,240 (2010) | #1,539 |
| 2020s | 348 | #1,798 (2020) | #2,430 |
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.
Britton in 1960
boys
#1,658
24 births · 1 in 88,847 boys
Top boys' names in 1960
More about 1960
boys
2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 88,847 of them was named Britton, which outranked 63.9% 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 Britton
- #1,619Renwick25
- #1,619Rodman25
- #1,619Wanda25
- #1,658Britton24
- #1,658Barrie24
- #1,658Bubba24
- #1,658Carlin24
- #1,692Albin23
- #1,692Augustin23
- #1,692Benigno23
Tied with 33 names at #1,658; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.