Britain — #9124 US boys' name
810 babies named Britain in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to boys today.
35% of everyone ever named Britain was born in this single decade.
39 babies were named Britain in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Britain
The Social Security Administration has registered 810 babies named Britain between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Britain currently holds the #9124 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 39 babies received it in a single year. Britain is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 705 additional births since 1976.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Britain performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 286 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Britain shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Britain in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Britain in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 810 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Britain at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Britain popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1966
- Peak year (2014)
- 39
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
Currently ranks #9124 among boys.
810 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 39 births in a single year.
Britain popularity over time — girls
705 total births recorded since 1976 (Britain as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Britain accounts for 47% of total recorded use across both genders.
Britain by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 286 births that decade — 35% of Britain's all-time total
Britain decade highlights
- Peak decade 286 births
- Runner-up 180 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Britain's strongest decade
286 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Britain by state
Where Britain concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 23 | 2.8% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 17 | 2.1% |
| #3 | California | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.7% |
23 of 810 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.8% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.1% of nationwide
- California 0.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1966–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.