Girls' name · since 1968
Britney
35,585 babies named Britney in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #738 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,576 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 35,585
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Britney is the #1576 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 35,585 recorded since 1968.
Britney has 35,585 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1576 as of the latest data, more common than 91% of girls, 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 1968 to 2025.
- #738 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,576 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 35,585 born since 1968
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Britney ranks #738 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,576 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 35,585 born since 1968, peaking in the 1990s.
- #738 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,576 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 35,585
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Britney's 35,585 recorded births place it above 98.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Britney compares
35,585 Top 5% higher than 95% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Britney's all-time total is 95x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Britney | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 35,585 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,494 | 21 | 19,840 |
Britney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Britney splits its recorded history at 1997: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1969 (7 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 2,494 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Britney popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (1989)
- 2,494
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Britney popularity over time - boys
83 total births recorded since 1979 (Britney as boys' name)
Britney by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (12,068 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Britney's strongest decade.
12,068 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Britney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 20
1960s
20 births
- 1970s 507
1970s
507 births
- 1980s
1980s
10,005 births
- 1990s
1990s
12,068 births
- 2000s
2000s
10,011 births
- 2010s 2,094
2010s
2,094 births
- 2020s 880
2020s
880 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 12,068 births (34% of all-time use).
How Britney 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 Britney's total volume
Britney by state
Where Britney concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,634 | 13.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 3,588 | 10.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 2,152 | 6.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 2,062 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 1,265 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 1,205 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 1,123 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 1,008 | 2.8% |
4,634 of 35,585 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Britney appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Britney's data
- Britney's decade-level peak was the 1990s (12,068 total births); usage has since declined to 880 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Britneys (4,634 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Britney: 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 (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Britney 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.