Girls' name · peaked in 1989
Britney name popularity since 1925
35,668 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Britney. Half of them were born in 1994 or earlier, so the typical Britney is about 32 years old in 2026. Britney peaked in 1989 as the #118 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 35,668
- Named Britney, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,571 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 35,585 girls · 83 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 1.78× its national share
Peak year is the year Britney made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Britney births per year, 1925–2025
1989 was the biggest year for Britney both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1981 and 1986, Britney became 6.3× more common, from 1 in 7,690 baby girls to 1 in 1,220.
- Steepest fall: Between 2000 and 2005, its share of baby girls fell by 71%, from 1 in 755 to 1 in 2,580.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Britney's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Britney.
Decade by decade
Babies named Britney in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 20 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 507 | 7 | #2,234 |
| 1980s | 10,005 | 65 | #267 |
| 1990s | 12,068 | 6 | #334 |
| 2000s | 10,011 | 5 | #429 |
| 2010s | 2,094 | 0 | #1,281 |
| 2020–25 | 880 | 0 | #1,571 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
54.0% of babies named Britney from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Britney is most popular
The index compares Britney's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Britney.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 1.78× | 517 |
| Florida | 1.75× | 2,152 |
| Alabama | 1.58× | 949 |
| Arkansas | 1.52× | 530 |
| Tennessee | 1.35× | 969 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Britney and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Britney (this page) | 35,585 | 1989 |
| Brittney | 82,203 | 1989 |
| Brittni | 5,986 | 1989 |
| Britni | 4,315 | 1989 |
| Brittny | 3,585 | 1990 |
| Brittnee | 2,822 | 1989 |
| Brittnie | 2,301 | 1990 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Britney's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Britney.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Britney (1989).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data