Britain
Mostly boys · BRIT-un · English
Britain is a name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
Where does Britain come from?
English: the country name, ultimately from Latin Britannia
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Is Britain a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Britain has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 11 boys in the US.
How popular is Britain in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Britain, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1966. 7 girls were also named Britain in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Britain in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 62 boys in the US were given Britain or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,942, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.
In 2019, 50% of the babies named Britain in the US were girls.
Britain in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 39 | #2,927 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,829 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,095 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,896 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
Nicknames for Britain
Names like Britain
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden Keegan Deacon Cannon Kayden Declan Brody Brennan Aiden Finn Ronan Finnegan
Other spellings of Britain
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