How Many People Are Named Brita?
people named Brita are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 339,072 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,097 babies named Brita in Social Security records from 1916 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
41 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of BIRGITTA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Brita in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Brita alive today is about 43 years old, and 65% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 54 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Brita first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 1981, to 41 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.
Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2021
🏆 Rank History
Brita has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,362, in 1962.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,362 (1962) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,421 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Brita alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Brita were born in Minnesota than in any other state: about 60 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Brita was given about 27.2 times as often in Minnesota.
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