How Many People Are Named Brittany?
people named Brittany are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 967 people in the US has this name
Based on 361,751 babies named Brittany in Social Security records from 1963 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
38,008 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of the region in the northwest of France, called in French Bretagne. It was named for the Britons who settled there after the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the invasions of the Anglo-Saxons. As a given name, it first came into common use in America in the 1970s.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Brittany in English. Counting Brittany and these spellings together, about 484,011 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Brittany (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Brittany alive today is about 34 years old, and 81% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 31 and 37 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Brittany first appears in the records in 1963 and was given most often in 1989, to 38,008 babies. In 2025, 281 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1963 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Brittany reached #3 among girls' names in 1989 to 1991, and was in the top 10 for 10 years, 1986 to 1995. In 2025 it ranked #928.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #928 |
| Best rank | #3 (1989 to 1991) |
| Years in the top 10 | 10 |
| Years in the top 100 | 19 (1982 to 2000) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Brittany alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Brittany were born in California than in any other state: about 28,704 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Brittany was given 2 times as often in West Virginia, 1.9 times in Kentucky and 1.8 times in South Carolina.
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