NameTides

Britney

Britney was the #1,570 girls' name in the US in 2025 (134 babies), and #2,788 in England & Wales.

Britney as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Britney as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Britney as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#1,570 (134)#2,788 (9)—————
2024#1,334 (171)#3,016 (8)———#2,975 (6)—
2023#1,151 (211)#3,599 (6)———#2,604 (7)—
2022#1,474 (149)#5,670 (3)—————
2021#1,768 (115)#3,192 (7)———#3,280 (5)—
2020#1,908 (100)#2,449 (10)———#2,873 (6)—
2019#2,043 (93)#3,151 (7)———#2,610 (7)—
2018#1,762 (116)#2,674 (9)———#2,892 (6)—
2017#1,580 (138)#2,502 (10)——#734 (4)#2,041 (10)—
2016#1,439 (160)#2,367 (11)———#2,040 (10)—
2015#1,280 (190)#2,496 (10)———#2,179 (9)—
2014#1,156 (214)#2,314 (11)———#1,786 (12)—
2013#838 (314)#3,160 (7)——#660 (5)#1,305 (18)—
2012#899 (292)#2,969 (8)———#1,410 (17)—
2011#905 (288)#2,636 (9)——#937 (3)#1,588 (14)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1989 at #118.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1968.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 12,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 28,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Britney is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,500 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Britney by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,532TXFlorida: #714FL
Britney (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BritneyCanadaGirls—too few
BritneyEngland & WalesGirls#2,7889
BritneyIrelandGirls—too few
BritneyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BritneyNSWGirls—too few
BritneyScotlandGirls—too few
BritneyUSGirls#1,570134
BritneyUSBoys—too few