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.

Briton

#6,859 most common boys' name of all time · #17,225 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1963–2025

Rank among boys
#6,859
Rank overall
#17,225 of 105,966
First appeared
1963
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
554
Since 2016
38
Peak year
1991 #2,577
Best rank
#2,577 1991
Girls Boys peak 27/yr
198020002020

Briton first appears in 1963. 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 — 5 5 #12,297
2021 — 5 5 #12,471
2020 — 5 5 #12,346
2018 — 6 6 #11,005
2017 — 7 7 #9,911
2016 — 10 10 #7,729
2015 — 9 9 #8,210
2014 — 7 7 #9,856
2013 — 7 7 #9,882
2012 — 10 10 #7,699
2011 — 7 7 #9,839
2010 — 12 12 #6,787
2009 — 18 18 #5,163
2008 — 12 12 #6,878
2007 — 10 10 #7,738
2006 — 11 11 #7,042
2005 — 17 17 #4,896
2004 — 9 9 #7,697
2003 — 8 8 #8,056
2002 — 10 10 #6,668
2001 — 11 11 #6,141
2000 — 17 17 #4,456
1999 — 12 12 #5,420
1998 — 15 15 #4,493
1997 — 9 9 #6,269
1996 — 11 11 #5,316
1995 — 20 20 #3,351
1994 — 13 13 #4,631
1993 — 7 7 #7,090
1992 — 10 10 #5,390
1991 — 27 27 #2,577
1990 5 16 21 #3,691
1989 — 16 16 #3,546
1988 — 10 10 #4,588
1987 — 21 21 #2,610
1986 — 16 16 #3,079
1985 — 13 13 #3,527
1984 — 10 10 #4,079
1983 — 7 7 #5,166
1982 — 10 10 #4,130
1981 — 6 6 #5,849
1980 — 5 5 #6,721
1979 — 6 6 #5,706
1978 — 5 5 #6,237
1977 — 5 5 #6,345
1976 — 5 5 #6,028
1974 — 5 5 #5,643
1973 — 7 7 #4,351
1972 — 6 6 #4,815
1971 — 5 5 #5,402
1970 — 6 6 #4,583
1969 — 6 6 #4,314
1968 — 5 5 #4,624
1967 — 9 9 #2,970
1965 — 5 5 #4,359
1963 — 7 7 #3,634