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Brittany

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~354,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#928 among girls
Births in 2025
281 361,751 since 1880
Typical age
35 years, median

Brittany popularity over time

Brittany rank by birth year, 1963–2025Brittany ranked #5,296 in 1963 and #928 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #3, in 1989.#10#100#1,000#928best #3 in 1989198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1963–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1989: 38,008 births recorded as Brittany. 1963 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. Across the record, 19 years put Brittany in the top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #928, with 281 births that year. The ten-year change is -59%. Year on year the rank dropped by 137.

Babies named Brittany per yearPeaks at 38,008 births in 1989.38,008 in 19890198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Brittany?

About 354,700 people named Brittany are alive in the United States today. That is out of 361,751 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Brittany?

Half of living Brittanys are older than 35, half younger. More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Brittany a late 20th-century name.

Your Brittany

Ages of living people named BrittanyHalf of living Brittanys are older than 35 and half younger.median 350204060
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Brittany is most common

The name is concentrated in Maryland, at 2.5× the national rate. New Jersey, Tennessee and Virginia follow.

Where Brittany is used more than average5 states use the name Brittany more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 2.2× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: 1.9× the national rateVAMaryland: 2.5× the national rateMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: 2.1× the national rateTNNorth Carolina: 1.6× the national rateNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Brittany is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Maryland 118 2.5×
New Jersey 165 2.2×
Tennessee 140 2.1×
Virginia 139 1.9×
North Carolina 152 1.6×

Brittany in England and Wales

ONS recorded 5 births named Brittany in 2025, ranking it #4,201.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Brittany comes from

Inherited from Middle English Bretany, Brytany, itself borrowed from Medieval Latin Britannia, applied to Brittany from at least the 6th century, and reinforced by Middle French Bretagne. See Britannia for more. Doublet of Britain, Britannia.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Brittany

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Brittany Murphy American actress and singer 1977–2009 70
Brittany Snow American actress and model 1986 42
Brittany Daniel American actress 1976 30
Brittany Curran American actress 1990 25
Brittany Byrnes Australian actress 1987 24
Brittany Andrews American pornographic actress 1973 24
Brittany Bowe American speed skater 1988 23
Brittany Elmslie Australian swimmer 1994 23
Photo credits (5)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 7,711 in 1984 to 15,498 in 1985 — 2.0 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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