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.

Britton**

#1,307 most common boys' name of all time · #3,134 across all names · 76% male / 24% female · used 1896–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#1,307
Rank overall
#3,134 of 105,966
First appeared
1896
Years on the list
112 of 146
All-time
8,293
Since 2016
1,126
Peak year
2011 #1,450
Best rank
#795 1987
Girls Boys peak 216/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Britton first appears in 1896. 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 24 46 70 #2,770
2024 21 42 63 #2,964
2023 32 56 88 #2,419
2022 24 56 80 #2,470
2021 42 65 107 #2,175
2020 44 83 127 #1,803
2019 49 88 137 #1,767
2018 49 102 151 #1,609
2017 43 93 136 #1,697
2016 61 106 167 #1,556
2015 78 106 184 #1,541
2014 99 104 203 #1,540
2013 78 99 177 #1,571
2012 88 115 203 #1,441
2011 103 113 216 #1,450
2010 51 142 193 #1,242
2009 26 132 158 #1,316
2008 42 125 167 #1,363
2007 28 141 169 #1,248
2006 32 151 183 #1,133
2005 40 128 168 #1,236
2004 40 112 152 #1,320
2003 39 122 161 #1,206
2002 30 107 137 #1,271
2001 30 121 151 #1,146
2000 27 129 156 #1,090
1999 37 116 153 #1,131
1998 26 130 156 #1,039
1997 30 114 144 #1,111
1996 26 114 140 #1,067
1995 27 122 149 #1,007
1994 16 118 134 #1,023
1993 22 112 134 #1,043
1992 24 129 153 #946
1991 18 133 151 #912
1990 25 121 146 #938
1989 30 131 161 #882
1988 24 118 142 #875
1987 31 136 167 #795
1986 24 108 132 #874
1985 33 117 150 #828
1984 27 107 134 #853
1983 27 93 120 #918
1982 34 97 131 #910
1981 29 95 124 #921
1980 24 86 110 #969
1979 19 67 86 #1,092
1978 24 62 86 #1,112
1977 21 58 79 #1,150
1976 18 54 72 #1,168
1975 18 47 65 #1,244
1974 17 51 68 #1,160
1973 13 51 64 #1,150
1972 18 50 68 #1,151
1971 12 59 71 #1,061
1970 12 63 75 #1,025
1969 15 54 69 #1,057
1968 9 42 51 #1,172
1967 — 38 38 #1,224
1966 — 35 35 #1,287
1965 — 31 31 #1,394
1964 6 21 27 #1,750
1963 — 29 29 #1,472
1962 — 16 16 #2,061
1961 — 23 23 #1,702
1960 — 24 24 #1,669
1959 — 16 16 #2,066
1958 — 26 26 #1,544
1957 — 20 20 #1,810
1956 — 13 13 #2,300
1955 — 18 18 #1,867
1954 — 8 8 #3,012
1953 — 16 16 #1,992
1952 — 11 11 #2,429
1951 — 13 13 #2,177
1950 — 5 5 #3,785
1949 — 12 12 #2,267
1948 — 7 7 #3,100
1947 — 19 19 #1,760
1946 — 8 8 #2,745
1945 — 6 6 #3,090
1944 — 14 14 #1,931
1943 — 11 11 #2,325
1942 — 17 17 #1,765
1941 — 6 6 #3,228
1940 — 9 9 #2,536
1939 — 10 10 #2,362
1938 — 7 7 #2,963
1937 — 9 9 #2,554
1936 — 7 7 #2,930
1935 — 5 5 #3,743
1934 — 9 9 #2,619
1933 — 9 9 #2,612
1932 — 8 8 #2,917
1931 — 10 10 #2,536
1930 — 11 11 #2,509
1929 — 9 9 #2,849
1928 — 8 8 #3,147
1927 — 10 10 #2,768
1926 — 5 5 #4,298
1924 — 8 8 #3,313
1923 — 8 8 #3,248
1922 — 10 10 #2,861
1921 — 10 10 #2,864
1920 — 13 13 #2,381
1919 — 8 8 #3,173
1918 — 10 10 #2,754
1917 — 8 8 #3,012
1916 — 11 11 #2,454
1915 — 6 6 #3,476
1914 — 11 11 #2,038
1896 — 6 6 #1,088