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Brittany
Pronounced /ˈbɹɪ.tə.ni/
Rank in 2024
#792
Born in 2024
355
Peak year
1989 · #3
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 355 girls were named Brittany, about 1 in every 4,544.
- It peaked in 1989 with 37,791 babies, ranked #3.
- It first shows up in the records in 1963.
- 360,387 girls have been named Brittany since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Brittany per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- 10.7Millennials1981–96
- 1.7Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 12 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 5,026 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Millennials: 300,955 babies, 10.66 per 1,000. Gen Z: 49,134 babies, 1.69 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 5,260 babies, 0.26 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Inherited from Middle English Bretany, Brytany, itself borrowed from Medieval Latin Britannia, applied to Brittany from at least the 6th century, and reinforced by Middle French Bretagne. See Britannia for more. Doublet of Britain and Britannia.
- A female given name transferred from the place name, of 1980s and 1990s American usage.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈbɹɪ.tə.ni/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Brittany, CC BY-SA 4.0.