# Britt (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/britt/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /bɹɪt/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,626 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,710 / 2,916 (38% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 14 | 7,900 |
| 2005 | 9 | 11,074 |
| 2006 | 11 | 10,032 |
| 2007 | 10 | 10,955 |
| 2008 | 8 | 12,788 |
| 2009 | 11 | 10,096 |
| 2010 | 5 | 17,496 |
| 2011 | 13 | 8,713 |
| 2012 | 7 | 13,748 |
| 2013 | 11 | 9,723 |
| 2014 | 12 | 9,075 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,053 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,146 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14,463 |
| 2024 | 6 | 13,780 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 12 | 6,862 |
| 2010 | 20 | 4,698 |
| 2011 | 20 | 4,678 |
| 2012 | 12 | 6,684 |
| 2013 | 21 | 4,493 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,140 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,140 |
| 2016 | 19 | 4,976 |
| 2017 | 8 | 8,968 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,260 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,022 |
| 2020 | 15 | 5,746 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,166 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,541 |
| 2024 | 19 | 5,097 |

## People named Britt

- Britt Robertson, American actress (born 1990)
- Britt Lower, American actress
- Britt Assombalonga, Congolese association football player
- Britt Strandberg, cross-country skier
- Britt McKillip, Canadian actress
- Britt Nicole, American Christian singer-songwriter
- Britt Allcroft, British filmmaker (1943–2024)
- Britt Janyk, Canadian alpine skier
- Britt Lomond, American actor (1925-2006)
- Britt Irvin, Canadian actress
- Britt Bongaerts, Dutch volleyball player
- Britt Weerman, Dutch high jumper

## 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.