Brittain
The Story of Brittain
As a girl name
Brittain first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1973, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1981: 17 births, good for #4,345 nationwide. About 28% of every Brittain on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Brittain last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 315 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Brittain on the record books as a boy name in 1968, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1990, when 18 Brittains were born — ranking #3,309 that year. About 33% of every Brittain on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Brittain last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 391 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Brittain
Brittain is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 391 births in the dataset. Brittain's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #3,309. Use the chart and map above to compare Brittain's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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