Britney
Britney is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 171 births. Its best rank was 118th, in 1989.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1710.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19892,494 births
- Best rank
- #118in 1989
- Since 1968
- 35,449people given the name
The story in the numbers
35,449 girls have been named Britney in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1989, with 2,494 births — 0.14% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1994, and the 1990s alone account for 34%. It has spent 34 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1989, its biggest year
Britney was the 118th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1989 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Sarah. See all of 1989.
Names that rose and fell with Britney
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Caitlinpeak 1988
- Jennapeak 1985
- Maeganpeak 1991
- Alyssepeak 1988
- Ashleighpeak 1991
- Jerikapeak 1988
- Janaypeak 1987
- Malorypeak 1987
Other spellings in the data
- Brittney82,177 ever
- Brittni5,986 ever
- Britni4,315 ever
- Brittny3,585 ever
- Brittnee2,822 ever
- Brittnie2,301 ever
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.