Britton
Britton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 42 births. Its best rank was 793rd, in 1987.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 420.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 2006151 births
- Best rank
- #793in 1987
- Since 1896
- 8,222people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,291 boys have been named Britton in the United States since 1896, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 151 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 2000s alone account for 20%. It has spent 14 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Britton is used for both sexes: 23% of its bearers are girls (1,931), most of them born around 2011.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Britton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 54 | |
| 1920s | 81 | |
| 1930s | 85 | |
| 1940s | 109 | |
| 1950s | 146 | |
| 1960s | 313 | |
| 1970s | 562 | |
| 1980s | 1,088 | |
| 1990s | 1,209 | |
| 2000s | 1,268 | |
| 2010s | 1,068 | |
| 2020s | 302 |
In 2006, its biggest year
Britton was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2006 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Ethan and Matthew. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Britton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Brandtpeak 2007
- Markuspeak 1994
- Leandrepeak 1991
- Miguelpeak 2007
- Javierpeak 2001
- Christonpeak 1998
- Cortezpeak 1990
- Romelpeak 1991
Other spellings in the data
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.