Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Britain**

#3,693 most common boys' name of all time · #9,000 across all names · 54% male / 46% female · used 1966–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#3,693
Rank overall
#9,000 of 105,966
First appeared
1966
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
1,533
Since 2016
319
Peak year
2014 #2,954
Best rank
#2,576 1986
Girls Boys peak 70/yr
198020002020

Britain first appears in 1966. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7 11 18 #7,310
2024 8 8 16 #9,173
2023 8 7 15 #9,953
2022 9 13 22 #6,559
2021 11 13 24 #6,427
2020 13 13 26 #6,370
2019 20 20 40 #4,849
2018 18 24 42 #4,267
2017 38 22 60 #4,509
2016 25 31 56 #3,542
2015 33 31 64 #3,543
2014 31 39 70 #2,954
2013 27 31 58 #3,435
2012 35 28 63 #3,750
2011 28 30 58 #3,540
2010 18 30 48 #3,576
2009 22 27 49 #3,859
2008 24 23 47 #4,313
2007 16 26 42 #3,931
2006 20 17 37 #5,151
2005 20 15 35 #5,368
2004 17 16 33 #5,091
2003 19 13 32 #5,661
2002 24 15 39 #4,997
2001 23 10 33 #6,601
2000 14 18 32 #4,275
1999 9 19 28 #3,901
1998 9 12 21 #5,267
1997 7 6 13 #8,454
1996 12 13 25 #4,708
1995 11 22 33 #3,152
1994 5 24 29 #2,995
1993 11 19 30 #3,429
1992 12 16 28 #3,838
1991 9 13 22 #4,341
1990 11 12 23 #4,540
1989 15 21 36 #2,960
1988 12 10 22 #4,598
1987 12 10 22 #4,410
1986 8 21 29 #2,576
1985 7 14 21 #3,331
1984 7 8 15 #4,765
1983 — 6 6 #5,863
1982 5 — 5 —
1981 5 — 5 —
1980 — 9 9 #4,342
1979 — 5 5 #6,561
1978 6 7 13 #4,833
1977 5 5 10 #6,372
1976 6 — 6 —
1973 — 6 6 #4,891
1970 — 6 6 #4,607
1966 — 6 6 #3,934