Britney — #1336 US girls' name
35,449 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.
More common than 92% of names given to girls today.
34% of everyone ever named Britney was born in this single decade.
2,494 babies were named Britney in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Britney
The Social Security Administration has registered 35,449 babies named Britney between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Britney currently holds the #1336 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 2,494 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Britney performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 12,067 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Britney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,621 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Britney in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Britney in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 35,449 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Britney at a glance
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Britney popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1968
- Peak year (1989)
- 2,494
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
Currently ranks #1336 among girls.
35,449 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 2,494 births in a single year.
Britney popularity over time — boys
83 total births recorded since 1979 (Britney as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Britney accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Britney by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 12,067 births that decade — 34% of Britney's all-time total
Britney decade highlights
- Peak decade 12,067 births
- Runner-up 10,011 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Britney's strongest decade
12,067 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Britney by state
Where Britney concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,621 | 13.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 3,571 | 10.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 2,129 | 6.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 2,055 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 1,265 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 1,199 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 1,123 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 1,008 | 2.8% |
4,621 of 35,449 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.0% of nationwide
- Texas 10.1% of nationwide
- Florida 6.0% of nationwide
- New York 5.8% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Britney appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1968–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.