Brit
Boy · BRIT · English
Brit is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “a Briton or Breton”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Brit mean?
English: spelling of Britt; English surname for a Breton or Briton; also a Scandinavian short form of Birgitta
“a Briton or Breton”
- Say it
- BRIT
Meaning borrowed from Britt. More on Wiktionary.
Is Brit a girl's or a boy's name?
Brit is a boys' name.
How popular is Brit in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1970, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the boys named Brit in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brit in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 19 | #2,057 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 13 | #2,321 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,504 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,273 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
Names like Brit
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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