Girls' name · since 1981
Britaney
Britaney has 261 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,167 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 261
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
261 girls have been named Britaney since 1981, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Britaney has been recorded 261 times among girls since 1981, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2010.
- #17,167 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 261 born since 1981
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Britaney ranks #17,167 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 261 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,167 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 261
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Britaney's 261 recorded births place it above 76.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Britaney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Britaney's full recorded timeline at 1994, 39% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 61% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Britaney popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2010
- Peak year (1989)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Britaney by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (115 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Britaney's strongest decade.
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Britaney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
96 births
- 1990s
1990s
115 births
- 2000s 44
2000s
44 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 115 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Britaney's decade-level peak was the 1990s (115 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Britaney: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1981–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Britaney draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.