Girls' name · since 1980
Britne
Britne has 282 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,433 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 282
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Britne sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 282 recorded since 1980.
Britne has 282 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2001.
- #16,433 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 282 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Britne ranks #16,433 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 282 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #16,433 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 282
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Britne's 282 recorded births place it above 77.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Britne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Britne splits its recorded history at 1990: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1982 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 38 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Britne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2001
- Peak year (1990)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Britne by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (139 births, 49% of the file).
1980s was Britne's strongest decade.
139 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Britne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
139 births
- 1990s
1990s
137 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 139 births (49% of all-time use).
Britne by state
Where Britne concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 282 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Britne's decade-level peak was the 1980s (139 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Britnes (5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Britne: 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 (~21 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, 1980–2001 (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 Britne 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.