Brittney
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BRIT-nee
- Origin
- Celtic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Brittney is a girls' name of Celtic origin, meaning “land of the Britons”. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Brittney mean?
Celtic: spelling of Brittany, the French region named after the Britons
“land of the Britons”
From Brittany in north-west France, settled by Britons from Cornwall and Wales in the early Middle Ages.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Brittney a girl's or a boy's name?
Brittney is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brittney in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 47 girls.
Half of all the girls named Brittney in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brittney in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 27 | #898 |
| 1999 | 47 | #622 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Brittney in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,098among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Brittney, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,498th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 7,834 girls. It first appears in the records in 1958.
2025 had fewer girls named Brittney than any year since 1970.
Half of all the girls named Brittney in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 165 girls in the US were given Brittney or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,204, up from #5,098 for this spelling alone.
Brittney in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 55 | #2,976 |
| 2023 | 42 | #3,638 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 43 | #3,498 |
| 2019 | 58 | #2,856 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,961 |
| 2017 | 74 | #2,432 |
| 2016 | 99 | #1,996 |
| 2015 | 110 | #1,861 |
| 2014 | 127 | #1,665 |
| 2013 | 143 | #1,529 |
| 2012 | 186 | #1,284 |
| 2011 | 205 | #1,177 |
| 2010 | 242 | #1,030 |
| 2009 | 236 | #1,079 |
| 2008 | 238 | #1,090 |
| 2007 | 360 | #799 |
| 2006 | 463 | #625 |
| 2005 | 524 | #548 |
| 2004 | 599 | #489 |
| 2003 | 758 | #399 |
| 2002 | 972 | #315 |
| 2001 | 1,443 | #221 |
| 2000 | 2,316 | #148 |
| 1999 | 2,550 | #128 |
| 1998 | 2,239 | #143 |
| 1997 | 2,483 | #130 |
| 1996 | 2,741 | #115 |
| 1995 | 3,380 | #99 |
| 1994 | 3,876 | #89 |
| 1993 | 4,420 | #77 |
| 1992 | 5,085 | #68 |
| 1991 | 5,829 | #58 |
| 1990 | 7,427 | #44 |
| 1989 | 7,834 | #41 |
| 1988 | 6,576 | #52 |
| 1987 | 5,127 | #61 |
| 1986 | 4,593 | #65 |
| 1985 | 3,224 | #84 |
| 1984 | 1,559 | #176 |
| 1983 | 921 | #258 |
| 1982 | 726 | #332 |
| 1981 | 518 | #419 |
| 1980 | 454 | #468 |
| 1979 | 272 | #639 |
| 1978 | 200 | #772 |
| 1977 | 152 | #921 |
| 1976 | 112 | #1,086 |
| 1975 | 93 | #1,229 |
| 1974 | 72 | #1,414 |
| 1973 | 74 | #1,349 |
| 1972 | 75 | #1,337 |
| 1971 | 85 | #1,292 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,101 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
Nicknames for Brittney
Names like Brittney
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Eden Keira Caitlin Kiara Erin Riley Casey Molly Brianna Bailey Brooklyn
Other spellings of Brittney
Names related to Brittney
Brittany Britany Brittanie Brittani Britteny Brittaney Britton Brithany Britain Brittan Brittyn
More Celtic names
Arthur Imogen Gael Harvey Alana Alan Tristan Vienna Lana Alaina Sabrina Alanna Bryce Devon Arturo Alannah
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, “Brittney: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brittney, updated 20 October 2026.