Britta
Girl · BRIT-a · Irish
Britta is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “exalted one”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Britta mean?
Irish: Scandinavian short form of Birgitta, the Swedish form of Bridget
“exalted one”
A short form of Birgitta, the name of Saint Bridget of Sweden, one of the patron saints of Europe.
- Say it
- BRIT-a
Is Britta a girl's or a boy's name?
Britta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Britta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Britta, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. Its busiest year was 1986, with 191 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
2025 had fewer girls named Britta than any year since 1959.
Half of all the girls named Britta in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Britta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,852 |
| 2017 | 48 | #3,305 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,964 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 43 | #3,571 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 44 | #3,549 |
| 2010 | 40 | #3,815 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,481 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 39 | #3,853 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,089 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | 41 | #3,266 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 41 | #3,065 |
| 1997 | 69 | #2,042 |
| 1996 | 66 | #2,082 |
| 1995 | 74 | #1,875 |
| 1994 | 78 | #1,822 |
| 1993 | 108 | #1,469 |
| 1992 | 83 | #1,757 |
| 1991 | 117 | #1,371 |
| 1990 | 150 | #1,142 |
| 1989 | 138 | #1,180 |
| 1988 | 117 | #1,254 |
| 1987 | 151 | #1,025 |
| 1986 | 191 | #867 |
| 1985 | 78 | #1,551 |
| 1984 | 66 | #1,657 |
| 1983 | 66 | #1,665 |
| 1982 | 74 | #1,584 |
| 1981 | 74 | #1,580 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,833 |
| 1979 | 54 | #1,917 |
| 1978 | 55 | #1,824 |
| 1977 | 53 | #1,877 |
| 1976 | 55 | #1,729 |
| 1975 | 42 | #2,060 |
| 1974 | 53 | #1,709 |
| 1973 | 59 | #1,570 |
| 1972 | 40 | #1,989 |
| 1971 | 35 | #2,247 |
| 1970 | 50 | #1,781 |
| 1969 | 38 | #2,023 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,360 |
| 1967 | 35 | #1,980 |
| 1966 | 35 | #1,952 |
| 1965 | 27 | #2,292 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,599 |
| 1963 | 36 | #1,951 |
| 1962 | 23 | #2,538 |
| 1961 | 32 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,728 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
Nicknames for Britta
Names like Britta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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