Girls' name · since 1985
Brittay
69 babies named Brittay in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,217 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 1985
- 1980s
- peak decade
Brittay sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 69 recorded since 1985.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brittay has been recorded 69 times among girls since 1985, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 1990.
- #31,217 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 69 born since 1985
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brittay ranks #31,217 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 69 born since 1985, peaking in the 1980s.
- #31,217 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 1985
- 1980s
- peak decade
Brittay's 69 recorded births place it above 56.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brittay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Brittay's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 33% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 67%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1986 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Brittay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1990
- Peak year (1986)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Brittay by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (63 births, 91% of the file).
1980s was Brittay's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 91% of all-time use.
Brittay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
63 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 63 births (91% of all-time use).
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- Brittay's decade-level peak was the 1980s (63 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Brittay: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~5 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, 1985–1990 (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 Brittay 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.