Brittany
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BRIT-uh-nee
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #928 for girls
Brittany is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “land of the Britons”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 928th for girls in the US (281 babies).
What does Brittany mean?
French: from Brittany, the region of north-west France
“land of the Britons”
From the French region named after Britons who crossed there from Britain in the early Middle Ages.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Brittany a girl's or a boy's name?
Brittany is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 281 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brittany in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Brittany, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1999, with 540 girls.
Half of all the girls named Brittany in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 1999. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Brittany in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,608 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 26 | #929 |
| 2000 | 151 | #282 |
| 1999 | 540 | #109 |
| 1998 | 351 | #145 |
| 1997 | 373 | #145 |
| 1996 | 244 | #193 |
How popular is Brittany in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 281about 1 in 5,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 281 girls in the US were named Brittany, making it the 928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 960th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 37,792 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
2025 had fewer girls named Brittany than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Brittany in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 309 girls in the US were given Brittany or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #829, up from #928 for this spelling alone.
- Brittany 281
- Brithany 28
Brittany in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 281 | #928 |
| 2024 | 356 | #791 |
| 2023 | 311 | #857 |
| 2022 | 333 | #840 |
| 2021 | 284 | #934 |
| 2020 | 265 | #960 |
| 2019 | 320 | #843 |
| 2018 | 307 | #879 |
| 2017 | 402 | #714 |
| 2016 | 573 | #546 |
| 2015 | 689 | #462 |
| 2014 | 698 | #458 |
| 2013 | 724 | #421 |
| 2012 | 769 | #407 |
| 2011 | 750 | #419 |
| 2010 | 732 | #427 |
| 2009 | 672 | #461 |
| 2008 | 776 | #414 |
| 2007 | 918 | #352 |
| 2006 | 1,025 | #320 |
| 2005 | 1,193 | #277 |
| 2004 | 1,356 | #240 |
| 2003 | 1,578 | #209 |
| 2002 | 1,937 | #170 |
| 2001 | 2,929 | #115 |
| 2000 | 5,185 | #60 |
| 1999 | 7,942 | #35 |
| 1998 | 9,844 | #25 |
| 1997 | 11,529 | #20 |
| 1996 | 13,797 | #14 |
| 1995 | 16,477 | #8 |
| 1994 | 18,900 | #7 |
| 1993 | 21,725 | #6 |
| 1992 | 24,983 | #4 |
| 1991 | 29,093 | #3 |
| 1990 | 36,536 | #3 |
| 1989 | 37,792 | #3 |
| 1988 | 26,816 | #6 |
| 1987 | 22,231 | #7 |
| 1986 | 20,313 | #8 |
| 1985 | 15,437 | #17 |
| 1984 | 7,665 | #41 |
| 1983 | 4,377 | #64 |
| 1982 | 3,102 | #94 |
| 1981 | 1,714 | #165 |
| 1980 | 1,407 | #190 |
| 1979 | 794 | #300 |
| 1978 | 630 | #344 |
| 1977 | 488 | #419 |
| 1976 | 351 | #508 |
| 1975 | 332 | #527 |
| 1974 | 244 | #633 |
| 1973 | 219 | #682 |
| 1972 | 199 | #718 |
| 1971 | 149 | #889 |
| 1970 | 76 | #1,369 |
| 1969 | 62 | #1,499 |
| 1968 | 33 | #2,091 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,210 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,265 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
Nicknames for Brittany
Names like Brittany
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Bryony Kiara Emily Brianna Molly Kennedy Bethany Keira Eden Caitlin Bree
Other spellings of Brittany
Names related to Brittany
Britney Brittney Britany Brittanie Brittani Britteny Britton Britain Brittan Brittyn
More French names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Brittany: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brittany, updated 20 October 2026.