girls:
697 births since 1976
#5019 (12th percentile)
boys:
802 births since 1966
#3785 (17th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1966
#6246 (19th percentile)
The name Britain is the #6,246 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,499 recorded births since 1966. This represents the 19.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,785 (17.4% percentile) for all time with 802 births since 1966. For girls, it ranks #5,019 (12.2% percentile) for all time with 697 births since 1976.
Britain first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1966 (1966 for boys and 1976 for girls). Birth data for Britain is available in 51 out of the 58 years between 1966 and 2023 (48 years for boys and 45 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Britain is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 53.3% of babies named Britain were girls.
For boys, Britain reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #870) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Britain ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 20.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Britain reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #916) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Britain ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 22.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Britain".
These names exclude other spelling variations of Britton. View all variations of Britton.
These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Britain", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 11 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Britton" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Britton..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Britain. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.0% confident that Britain is pronounced as BRIH-tuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BREE-tuhn, at 10.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like B R IH1 T AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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