girls:
315 births since 1973
#5401 (5th percentile)
boys:
391 births since 1968
#4195 (8th percentile)
overall:
706 births since 1968
#7033 (9th percentile)
The name Brittain is the #7,033 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 706 recorded births since 1968. This represents the 9.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,195 (8.5% percentile) for all time with 391 births since 1968. For girls, it ranks #5,401 (5.5% percentile) for all time with 315 births since 1973.
Brittain first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1968 (1968 for boys and 1973 for girls). Birth data for Brittain is available in 47 out of the 55 years between 1968 and 2022 (43 years for boys and 39 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 Brittain has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (55.4% of all recorded births). In 2022, 0.0% of babies named Brittain were boys.
For boys, Brittain reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #756) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
For girls, Brittain reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #765) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brittain".
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 "Brittain", 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 Brittain. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.5% confident that Brittain is pronounced as BRIH-tuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BRIH-tayn, at 17.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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