Briton — boys' name
544 babies named Briton in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Briton was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Briton in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Briton
The Social Security Administration has registered 544 babies named Briton between 1963 and 2021, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Briton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Briton performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 140 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Briton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Briton 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 544 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.
Briton at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Briton popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1963
- Peak year (1991)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
544 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 27 births in a single year.
Briton popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1990 (Briton as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Briton accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Briton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 140 births that decade — 26% of Briton's all-time total
Briton decade highlights
- Peak decade 140 births
- Runner-up 123 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Briton's strongest decade
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
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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, 1963–2021 (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.