Recorded 1886–2024 · United States
Britt was most popular in 1970, when 249 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,139 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 7,626 people named Britt.
Britt first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1886, which makes it about 139 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 106 of the 140 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 7,626 American births named Britt between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 6,687 are estimated to be alive today.
Britt was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Britt is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 16 births a year, against 25 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -36% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Britt is a unisex name — 38.2% of the 7,626 Americans given it were girls and 61.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 1986 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 16% girls and 84% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 6,687 Americans named Britt are alive today — 88% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 49 years old, and half are between 39 and 58.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org