Girls' name · since 1972
Brittny
3,585 babies named Brittny in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,197 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 3,585
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Brittny is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 3,585 have been recorded since 1972.
Brittny has 3,585 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2015.
- #3,197 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 3,585 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brittny ranks #3,197 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 3,585 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,197 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 3,585
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Brittny's 3,585 recorded births place it above 95.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
37 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Brittny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brittny splits its recorded history at 1994: 24% of all births land in the more recent half, 76% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 388 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brittny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2015
- Peak year (1990)
- 388
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Brittny by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,672 births, 47% of the file).
1990s was Brittny's strongest decade.
1,672 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Brittny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 105
1970s
105 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,558 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,672 births
- 2000s 209
2000s
209 births
- 2010s 41
2010s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,672 births (47% of all-time use).
How Brittny compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Brittny's total volume
Brittny by state
Where Brittny concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 376 | 10.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 353 | 9.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 145 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 140 | 3.9% |
| #5 | Florida | | 135 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 123 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 90 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 81 | 2.3% |
376 of 3,585 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 37 reporting states.
Brittny appears in 37 states. Explore state details →
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- Brittny's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,672 total births); usage has since declined to 41 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Brittnys (376 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brittny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1972–2015 (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 Brittny 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.