British
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BRIT-ish
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
British is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “of Britain”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does British mean?
English: the English word British
“of Britain”
Is British a girl's or a boy's name?
British is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is British in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named British, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named British in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
British in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
Names like British
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “British: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/british, updated 20 October 2026.