Girls' name · since 1989
Brithney
Brithney has 135 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,840 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Brithney sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 135 recorded since 1989.
Brithney has 135 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2023.
- #23,840 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 135 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brithney ranks #23,840 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 135 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,840 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Brithney's 135 recorded births place it above 66.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Brithney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Brithney's full recorded timeline at 2006, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Brithney popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2023
- Peak year (2001)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Brithney by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (92 births, 68% of the file).
2000s was Brithney's strongest decade.
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Brithney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
92 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 92 births (68% of all-time use).
Brithney by state
Where Brithney concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 4.4% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 3.7% |
6 of 135 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Brithney's decade-level peak was the 2000s (92 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Brithneys (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brithney: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1989–2023 (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 Brithney 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.