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Britt

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Short form of Birgitta

Britt has been given to 7,626 babies in the U.S. since 1886. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1960, with 142 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 62% boys, 38% girls all-time.

Babies named Britt, 2024

1 in 176,000

Britt over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Britt over time

In 2024, Britt went to 24% girls and 76% boys.

18862024

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.

Britt: meaning, origin, and history

Short form of Birgitta

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Britt means

Britt is a short form of Birgitta.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Britt is used in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈbrɪtː/ for Britt.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Britt → Birgitta → Brigit. The family’s meaning is “high, exalted”, recorded in Old Irish with the source elements Brigantī.

Origin, language, and formation

Britt is used in English, Danish, Faroese, Norwegian and Swedish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Birgitta, Birgitte and Britta.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Britt is pronounced /bɹɪt/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,710 boys were recorded with the name Britt between 1886 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 142 in 1960; its best national rank was #653 in 1960.

In the United States, 2,916 girls were recorded with the name Britt between 1953 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 142 in 1973; its best national rank was #883 in 1973.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Britt?

Britt had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024
1 in 176,000
19 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only
1 in 90,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
121,951 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Britt sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 121,951 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Britt. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Britts were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Britt was born before 1971 — so the typical Britt is around 54 today.

Median birth year
1971
About 54 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
22.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
9.3%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
4,370
People you could plausibly meet
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1960s — 22.8% of all recorded uses (1,075).

Is Britt 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1960 (142)
Years since peak
65
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
34.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#653
1960

Spellings of Britt

Britt is not the most common spelling — Brian is, with 74.9% against Britt's 0.30%.

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 Britt is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Britt was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 79,583 across all states with data. It was least common in West Virginia (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 25,000
  2. 2Georgia1 in 33,333
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 33,333
  4. 4Arkansas1 in 50,000
  5. 5Florida1 in 50,000
  6. 6Alabama1 in 100,000
  7. 7California1 in 100,000
  8. 8Illinois1 in 100,000

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. Britt has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Britt is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Britt was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 105,255 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in 25,000
  2. 2Washington1 in 33,333
  3. 3California1 in 50,000
  4. 4Illinois1 in 50,000
  5. 5Colorado1 in 100,000
  6. 6Connecticut1 in 100,000
  7. 7Florida1 in 100,000
  8. 8Massachusetts1 in 100,000

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. Britt has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Britt around the world

Where Britt ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1954–2001
    #581
    in 2001

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Britt

People whose public names include Britt, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Britt in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Britt. Linked forms have their own page here.

BritBritta

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Britt by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#653
1960
Peak year
1960
142 that year
First recorded
1886
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
4,710
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#883
1973
Peak year
1973
142 that year
First recorded
1953
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
2,916
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Britt

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

BrienBriarBrionBriceBriggsBrixtonBrittonBrighamBridgerBrileyBrierBrisonBricenBrickDewittBrightonBritonMerrittBrixEmmittTruittBrightBritainEmitt

Names with a curve like Britt

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Britt, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

GreggoryTimmothyJeffereyKraigDonellTadRenardReinaldoEdwardoKelleyChetMichale

Sibling names for Britt

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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