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Britta

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Britta is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 21 births. Its best rank was 867th, in 1986.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
210.00% of girls
Peak year
1986191 births
Best rank
#867in 1986
Since 1916
3,668people given the name
Babies named Britta, by year of birthgirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

3,668 girls have been named Britta in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1986, with 191 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1989, and the 1980s alone account for 28%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Britta
1910s5
1920s10
1930s11
1940s52
1950s63
1960s296
1970s496
1980s1,014
1990s830
2000s324
2010s421
2020s146

In 1986, its biggest year

Britta was the 867th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1986 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1986.

Names that rose and fell with Britta

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.