Briton
Boy · BRIT-on · English
Briton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “a Breton or Briton”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Briton mean?
English: spelling of Britton; English surname for a Breton
“a Breton or Briton”
An English surname first given to Bretons who settled in England after the Norman Conquest.
- Say it
- BRIT-on
Meaning borrowed from Britton.
Is Briton a girl's or a boy's name?
Briton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Briton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Briton, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1963.
Half of all the boys named Briton in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 62 boys in the US were given Briton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,942, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Briton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 27 | #2,538 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
Nicknames for Briton
Names like Briton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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