Girls' name · since 1982
Britanny
Britanny has 817 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,605 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 817
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
817 girls have been named Britanny since 1982, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Britanny has 817 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2024.
- #8,605 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 817 born since 1982
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Britanny ranks #8,605 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 817 born since 1982, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,605 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 817
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Britanny's 817 recorded births place it above 88.09% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
Britanny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Britanny splits its recorded history at 2001: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2024 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 51 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Britanny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2024
- Peak year (1990)
- 51
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Britanny by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (240 births, 29% of the file).
1990s was Britanny's strongest decade.
240 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Britanny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
223 births
- 1990s
1990s
240 births
- 2000s
2000s
176 births
- 2010s
2010s
158 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 240 births (29% of all-time use).
How Britanny compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Britanny's total volume
Britanny by state
Where Britanny concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 92 | 11.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 28 | 3.4% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.7% |
92 of 817 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Britanny's decade-level peak was the 1990s (240 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Britannys (92 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Britanny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1982–2024 (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 Britanny 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.