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Brinton vs Brittney

American parents have registered 82,468 Brittneys since 1880, against 805 Brintons. Brittney is still ahead, with 25 babies in 2025.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Brinton against Brittney, 1880 to 2025 0 2k 4k 6k 8k 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Brinton Brittney

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 91 years in which either name was published, Brittney for 58 years and Brinton for 33 years. The lead changed hands once.

Side by side

  Brinton Brittney
Total US births 80582,468
Most in one year 247,883
Babies in 2025 under 525
Estimated living today 65081,000
Median age today 3534
Peak year 19841989
Best rank 2,159th boys41st girls
Rank in 2025 unranked5,099th
First recorded 19141958
Girls / boys 0 / 80582,203 / 265

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Brinton and Brittney.