US Name Trends

Brittney

The French province, named for the Britons who settled it from Roman Britain.

1989peak year
No. 41best rank (1989)
82,468babies since 1880
outside top 1000 in 2025

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Brittney per year — peak 7,834▬ girls ▬ boys18801900192019401960198020002020

Brittney first shows up in the national records in 1958. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in every year from 1985 to 1995. Its biggest year was 1989, when 7,834 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 41 nationally. All told, 82,468 Americans have been given the name since 1880.

Related names

Other spellings on record: Brittany (361,751), Britney (35,668), Brittani (11,776), Britany (6,562), Brittni (5,992), Brittanie (4,738) (total births since 1880)

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By the decade

DecadeBirthsBest rank
1950s5No. 6103
1960s34No. 3102
1970s1,149No. 639
1980s31,532No. 41
1990s40,030No. 44
2000s7,909No. 148
2010s1,299No. 1030
2020s245No. 2976

Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.

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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.