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Brittan

girls’ name · 65%boys’ name · 35%FadedCompare

Brittan 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
198636 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1974
1,358people given the name
Babies named Brittan, by year of birthgirlsboys
01325385018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

878 girls have been named Brittan in the United States since 1974, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1986, with 36 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 36 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1996, and the 1990s alone account for 29%.

Brittan is used for both sexes: 35% of its bearers are boys (480), most of them born around 1986.

By decade

Decadegirls named Brittan
1970s36
1980s222
1990s259
2000s192
2010s134
2020s35

In 1986, its biggest year

Brittan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1986 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1986.

Names that rose and fell with Brittan

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.