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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Britney

Used in both girl and boy records

Britney appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Britney by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDBritney as a girl’s nameUS records 1968–2024
#663girl rank1989peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDBritney as a boy’s nameUS records 1979–2001
#16072boy rank1989peak year
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Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Britney in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl19892,494 uses#11819891968–202053 listed years
Boy198924 uses#261519891979–20019 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.