girls:
1.9k births since 1964
#3892 (32nd percentile)
boys:
6.2k births since 1896
#1494 (67th percentile)
overall:
8.2k births since 1896
#2992 (61st percentile)
The name Britton is the #2,992 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,160 recorded births since 1896. This represents the 61.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 61.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,494 (67.4% percentile) for all time with 6,249 births since 1896. For girls, it ranks #3,892 (31.9% percentile) for all time with 1,911 births since 1964.
Britton first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1896 (1896 for boys and 1964 for girls). Birth data for Britton is available in 110 out of the 128 years between 1896 and 2023 (110 years for boys and 57 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 Britton has been given predominantly to boys, with 76.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 63.6% of babies named Britton were boys.
For boys, Britton reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 18.3% percentile (ranked #583) with 70 births per million. The name was most common in 1987, with 70 births per million (ranked 18.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Britton ranks #860 for boys (5.6% percentile) with 31 births per million, which is 43.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Britton reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 10.4% percentile (ranked #842) with 53 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 53 births per million (ranked 10.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Britton ranks #920 for girls (2.9% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 34.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Britton".
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