Britt
Britt was last recorded in 2024, when 25 babies were given it; 7,626 Americans have been recorded with it between 1886 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,600 Americans named Britt and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (87% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 38 and 58.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Britt by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Britt mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Britt is “a female given name.”
/bɹɪt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Britt?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #5,093, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
249 babies in 1970, the peak
Britt peaked in 1970, when 249 babies were given it (131 boys, #717 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,775 | 19 | #5,093 |
| 2022 | under 5 | 13 | #6,536 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 11 | #7,161 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 15 | #5,742 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 8 | #9,017 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 9 | #8,256 | |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,458 | 8 | #8,963 |
| 2016 | 7 | #13,141 | 19 | #4,972 |
| 2015 | 9 | #11,048 | 11 | #7,135 |
| 2014 | 12 | #9,070 | 11 | #7,135 |
Every recorded year (106)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 11 | #9,718 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,741 | 12 | #6,678 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,709 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2010 | 5 | #17,488 | 20 | #4,696 |
| 2009 | 11 | #10,092 | 12 | #6,857 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,783 | 17 | #5,276 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,951 | 20 | #4,658 |
| 2006 | 11 | #10,027 | 24 | #4,011 |
| 2005 | 9 | #11,068 | 33 | #3,093 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,895 | 23 | #3,871 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,846 | 21 | #3,990 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,285 | 27 | #3,267 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,469 | 31 | #2,934 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,223 | 34 | #2,675 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,253 | 47 | #2,026 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,159 | 31 | #2,655 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,917 | 36 | #2,313 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,510 | 49 | #1,838 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,984 | 41 | #2,026 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,255 | 48 | #1,792 |
| 1993 | 19 | #5,018 | 59 | #1,537 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,975 | 57 | #1,543 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,946 | 77 | #1,267 |
| 1990 | 40 | #2,852 | 89 | #1,144 |
| 1989 | 58 | #2,116 | 79 | #1,203 |
| 1988 | 52 | #2,185 | 86 | #1,070 |
| 1987 | 51 | #2,133 | 70 | #1,140 |
| 1986 | 68 | #1,719 | 106 | #880 |
| 1985 | 71 | #1,650 | 67 | #1,133 |
| 1984 | 80 | #1,448 | 77 | #1,012 |
| 1983 | 85 | #1,390 | 63 | #1,132 |
| 1982 | 97 | #1,302 | 67 | #1,116 |
| 1981 | 132 | #1,070 | 82 | #1,003 |
| 1980 | 93 | #1,351 | 70 | #1,079 |
| 1979 | 106 | #1,226 | 77 | #1,011 |
| 1978 | 106 | #1,186 | 47 | #1,328 |
| 1977 | 101 | #1,207 | 70 | #1,030 |
| 1976 | 93 | #1,218 | 59 | #1,101 |
| 1975 | 99 | #1,163 | 81 | #912 |
| 1974 | 112 | #1,054 | 82 | #893 |
| 1973 | 142 | #883 | 94 | #817 |
| 1972 | 141 | #893 | 98 | #810 |
| 1971 | 128 | #984 | 115 | #765 |
| 1970 | 118 | #1,044 | 131 | #717 |
| 1969 | 122 | #970 | 100 | #776 |
| 1968 | 56 | #1,520 | 112 | #711 |
| 1967 | 48 | #1,642 | 123 | #672 |
| 1966 | 67 | #1,322 | 79 | #820 |
| 1965 | 44 | #1,691 | 75 | #848 |
| 1964 | 58 | #1,482 | 121 | #703 |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,373 | 110 | #738 |
| 1962 | 16 | #3,172 | 114 | #719 |
| 1961 | 22 | #2,617 | 99 | #773 |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,823 | 142 | #653 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,115 | 119 | #705 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,389 | 84 | #819 |
| 1957 | under 5 | 105 | #731 | |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,494 | 63 | #939 |
| 1955 | under 5 | 73 | #861 | |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,710 | 85 | #773 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,270 | 47 | #1,060 |
| 1952 | under 5 | 54 | #970 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 37 | #1,196 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 34 | #1,233 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 24 | #1,508 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 28 | #1,379 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 16 | #1,925 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 21 | #1,559 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 14 | #1,857 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 8 | #2,657 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 24 | #1,432 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 12 | #2,158 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 9 | #2,508 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 6 | #3,170 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 6 | #3,151 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 9 | #2,503 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 8 | #2,700 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 7 | #2,892 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 9 | #2,550 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 7 | #3,009 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 7 | #3,123 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 8 | #3,053 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 9 | #2,791 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 7 | #3,492 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 9 | #2,935 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 12 | #2,491 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 10 | #2,786 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 7 | #3,564 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 6 | #3,874 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 10 | #2,713 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 6 | #3,604 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 10 | #2,570 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 7 | #3,126 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 13 | #1,791 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 6 | #948 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 5 | #983 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Britt a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 7,626 Americans recorded as Britt, 38% are girls and 62% boys. Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Britt every year since 1986.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Britt: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Britt, and how old are they?
6,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 87% of the 7,626 Americans ever recorded as Britt. The median Britt alive today is 49 years old; half are between 38 and 58.
The 2020 Census counted 7,379 people named Britt (3,646 women and girls, 3,733 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,790 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 36 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,140 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,710 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,920 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 608 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 195 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Britt born?
The states with the most babies named Britt are Texas, California and Illinois, with 49% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 568 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| California | 518 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 239 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 159 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| New York | 154 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Florida | 132 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Minnesota | 130 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 112 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Louisiana | 101 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Washington | 95 | not ranked | 0.7× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Britt with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 8,674 babies since 1880, Britt is the most given (88% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Britt and names like it
- Compare Britt and BritBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sBritt peaked in 1970.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Britt since 1910.
- The top names of 1970The year the most babies were named Britt.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Britt alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with BMost given first.