Britain
#7,265 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Britain has been given to 1,533 babies in the U.S. since 1966. In 2025 it ranked #7,265 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 39 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 54% boys, 46% girls all-time.
Babies named Britain, 2025
1 in 301,000
Britain over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Britain over time
In 2025, Britain went to 39% girls and 61% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Britain?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 301,000
- 11 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 155,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #7,265
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 208,901 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Britain sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Britain. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Britains were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Britain was born before 2007 — so the typical Britain is around 18 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 34.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 62.5%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 821
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 34.8% of all recorded uses (286).
Is Britain rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +1,849
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −920
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −3,743
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.35×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 28.2%
- Peak was 2014 (39)
- Years since peak
- 11
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 17.9% average annual change
Spellings of Britain
Britain is not the most common spelling — Brian is, with 98.9% against Britain's 0.07%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Britain is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Britain was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 809,732 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Georgia1 in —
- 3Michigan1 in —
- 4Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Britain has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Britain is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Britain was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,723,101 across all states with data. It was least common in South Carolina (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Ohio1 in —
- 3South Carolina1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Britain has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Britain by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Britain
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Britain
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.