Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Britain through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,533
- 821 boys · 712 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 70 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #7,269 for boys · #12,140 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −58%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 51% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,269 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 52.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 39 in 2014. It also appeared in 7 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,291 as a first name in 2020; 902 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Britain’s family of names
In English usage, Britain shares an earlier linguistic root with Brittany.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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