Girls' name · since 1981
Brittony
Brittony has 213 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,150 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 213
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Brittony is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 213 have been recorded since 1981.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brittony has been recorded 213 times among girls since 1981, 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 1981 to 1999.
- #19,150 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 213 born since 1981
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brittony ranks #19,150 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 213 born since 1981, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,150 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 213
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Brittony's 213 recorded births place it above 73.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brittony's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Brittony's full recorded timeline at 1990, 38% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 62% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Brittony popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1999
- Peak year (1988)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Brittony by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (132 births, 62% of the file).
1980s was Brittony's strongest decade.
132 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Brittony births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
132 births
- 1990s
1990s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 132 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Brittony's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (132 total births) through the 1990s (81) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brittony: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~18 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, 1981–1999 (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 Brittony 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.