Brita
Brita is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 198141 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1916
- 1,097people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,097 girls have been named Brita in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1981, with 41 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 41 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1981, and the 1980s alone account for 24%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Brita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | |
| 1930s | 11 | |
| 1940s | 34 | |
| 1950s | 74 | |
| 1960s | 156 | |
| 1970s | 208 | |
| 1980s | 262 | |
| 1990s | 206 | |
| 2000s | 80 | |
| 2010s | 50 | |
| 2020s | 5 |
In 1981, its biggest year
Brita was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1981 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1981.
Names that rose and fell with Brita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Aleciapeak 1987
- Andriapeak 1980
- Andreapeak 1981
- Daynapeak 1988
- Shereenpeak 1984
- Stephaniepeak 1990
- Rikipeak 1981
- Katrinapeak 1980
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.