How Many People Are Named Britt?

6,645

people named Britt are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 51,434 people in the US has this name

Based on 7,626 babies named Britt in Social Security records from 1886 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,135

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#179

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Peak Year

1970

249 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Scandinavian short form of BIRGITTA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
41.5%
Male
58.5%

Of the babies given the name Britt, 41.5% were girls and 58.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Britt rose from 0% in the 1940s to 33.5% in the 2010s. It was highest in the 1970s, at 57.3%.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Britt alive today is about 47 years old, and 67% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 38 and 57 in 2025.

Under 30 882
13.3%
30 to 59 4,464
67.2%
60 and over 1,299
19.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Britt first appears in the records in 1886 and was given most often in 1970, to 249 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.

Babies given the name each year, 1886 to 2024

🏆 Rank History

Britt has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #653, in 1960. Among girls, its best rank was #883, in 1973.

BoysGirls
Rank in 2025Not rankedNot ranked
Best rank#653 (1960)#883 (1973)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#744 in the 1960s#1,089 in the 1970s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Britt alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Britt were born in Texas than in any other state: about 494 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Britt was given 2.9 times as often in Texas, 2.5 times in Minnesota and 2.3 times in Georgia.

Texas 494
California 447
Illinois 219
New York 144
Georgia 140
Minnesota 124
Florida 118
Ohio 98
Louisiana 91
Washington 89
Pennsylvania 81
North Carolina 55
Michigan 45
Arkansas 33
Massachusetts 29
Wisconsin 22
Tennessee 20
Kansas 18
Alabama 18
Colorado 16
Iowa 13
Missouri 13
South Carolina 12
New Jersey 11
Connecticut 10
Indiana 10
Mississippi 9
Virginia 9
Utah 9
Oregon 6
West Virginia 5
Maryland 5
Oklahoma 4
Kentucky 4

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