Boys' name · since 1963
Briton
Briton has 549 recorded births since 1963 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,449 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,271 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 549
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Briton is the #12271 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 549 recorded since 1963.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Briton has been recorded 549 times among boys since 1963, currently ranked #12271 nationally and more common than 12% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #7,449 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,271 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 549 born since 1963
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Briton ranks #7,449 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,271 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 549 born since 1963, peaking in the 1990s.
- #7,449 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,271 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 549
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
Briton's 549 recorded births place it above 83.6% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Briton compares
549 Top 42% higher than 58% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Briton's all-time total is 49% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Briton | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 549 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 34 | 22,252 |
Briton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Briton splits its recorded history at 1994: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1965 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 27 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Briton popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Briton popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1990 (Briton as girls' name)
Briton by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (140 births, 26% of the file).
1990s was Briton's strongest decade.
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Briton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 32
1960s
32 births
- 1970s 50
1970s
50 births
- 1980s
1980s
114 births
- 1990s
1990s
140 births
- 2000s
2000s
123 births
- 2010s
2010s
75 births
- 2020s 15
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 140 births (26% of all-time use).
How Briton compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Briton's total volume
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What to do with Briton's data
- Briton's decade-level peak was the 1990s (140 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Briton: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1963–2025 (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 Briton 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.