Britt — #5055 US boys' name
4,710 babies named Britt in U.S. Social Security records since 1886, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 65% of names given to boys today.
23% of everyone ever named Britt was born in this single decade.
142 babies were named Britt in 1960 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Britt
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,710 babies named Britt between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Britt currently holds the #5055 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 142 babies received it in a single year. Britt is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 2,915 additional births since 1953.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Britt performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,075 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Britt shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 511 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Britt in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Britt 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 4,710 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.
Britt at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Britt popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1886
- Peak year (1960)
- 142
- Annual births at peak — across 139 years of records
Currently ranks #5055 among boys.
4,710 total births across 139 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1960 with 142 births in a single year.
Britt popularity over time — girls
2,915 total births recorded since 1953 (Britt as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Britt accounts for 38% of total recorded use across both genders.
Britt by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 1,075 births that decade — 23% of Britt's all-time total
Britt decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,075 births
- Runner-up 854 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Britt's strongest decade
1,075 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Britt by state
Where Britt concentrates geographically — total births since 1886
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 511 | 10.8% |
| #2 | California | | 257 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 154 | 3.3% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 101 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Florida | | 97 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 80 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 77 | 1.6% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 57 | 1.2% |
511 of 4,710 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 10.8% of nationwide
- California 5.5% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.3% of nationwide
- Louisiana 2.1% of nationwide
- Florida 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 26 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 10.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Britt appears in 26 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, 1886–2024 (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.