Britt
Britt is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 19 births. Its best rank was 654th, in 1960.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 190.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1960142 births
- Best rank
- #654in 1960
- Since 1886
- 7,625people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,710 boys have been named Britt in the United States since 1886, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1960, with 142 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1971, and the 1960s alone account for 23%. It has spent 26 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Britt is used for both sexes: 38% of its bearers are girls (2,915), most of them born around 1973.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Britt | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 46 | |
| 1920s | 60 | |
| 1930s | 61 | |
| 1940s | 162 | |
| 1950s | 701 | |
| 1960s | 1,075 | |
| 1970s | 854 | |
| 1980s | 767 | |
| 1990s | 534 | |
| 2000s | 242 | |
| 2010s | 139 | |
| 2020s | 58 |
In 1960, its biggest year
Britt was the 654th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1960 were David, Michael, James, John and Robert. See all of 1960.
Names that rose and fell with Britt
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Brienpeak 1963
- Renardpeak 1970
- Timothypeak 1959
- Timmothypeak 1960
- Tyronepeak 1970
- Kevinpeak 1963
- Marcpeak 1970
- Greggorypeak 1963
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.