Britta — #5798 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Britta

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,668 babies named Britta between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Britta currently holds the #5798 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 191 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Britta performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,014 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Britta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 590 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Britta in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Britta 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 3,668 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.