# Britney (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/britney/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɹɪtni/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Britneigh |
| US babies named this | 35,668 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 83 / 35,585 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,079, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 288 | 906 |
| 2012 | 292 | 899 |
| 2013 | 314 | 838 |
| 2014 | 214 | 1,156 |
| 2015 | 190 | 1,281 |
| 2016 | 160 | 1,441 |
| 2017 | 138 | 1,580 |
| 2018 | 116 | 1,762 |
| 2019 | 93 | 2,045 |
| 2020 | 100 | 1,910 |
| 2021 | 115 | 1,771 |
| 2022 | 149 | 1,475 |
| 2023 | 211 | 1,152 |
| 2024 | 171 | 1,336 |
| 2025 | 134 | 1,571 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 7 | 4,906 |
| 1984 | 8 | 4,610 |
| 1985 | 6 | 5,880 |
| 1986 | 8 | 4,905 |
| 1987 | 8 | 5,029 |
| 1988 | 11 | 4,189 |
| 1989 | 24 | 2,625 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,290 |
| 2001 | 5 | 10,784 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,449 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

## People named Britney

- Britney Spears, American singer, songwriter, actress and model (born 1981)
- Britney Amber, American pornographic actress
- Bibi Jones, American pornographic actress and stripper

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.