Brittani
Feminine · “from Brittany”
Brittani is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 11,754 girls against 22 boys since 1880.
Brittani is a French peninsula with a mid-century American ending. Brittany was named for Britons who crossed the Channel when the Anglo-Saxons took their island, and the -i finish is entirely modern.
How old is the name Brittani?
Brittani first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Brittani alive today was born around 1990, making them about 35 years old. About 11,500 people named Brittani are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Brittani most popular?
Brittani peaked in 1990, reaching #230 nationally. See the whole 1990 chart.
Where it comes from
From Britannia to Brittani
The story of Brittani
Celtic Britons crossed to Armorica in north-western Gaul in the fifth and sixth centuries in numbers large enough to rename it: Brittany is literally 'little Britain', and Breton is still a Celtic cousin of Welsh. The region's name became an American girls' name in the 1970s and climbed very fast, generating a swarm of spellings — Brittany, Britney, Brittney, Britani, Brittani — of which this one peaked at the end of the 1980s.
Meaning
from Brittany; of the Britons
From the French Bretagne and the Latin Britannia — the land of the Britons. The tribal name behind it is Celtic and its own meaning is not securely recovered, so the trail stops at the people rather than at a word.
How the name formed
- Britannia
- Bretagne
- Brittany
- Brittani
Related forms: Bretagne · Breizh · Brittany · Brittney
Pronouncing Brittani
BRIT-uh-nee
Three syllables, stress on the first. Brittney is often said with two, which is the main audible difference between the spellings.
Nicknames for Brittani
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1971
- Most girls named
- 19901,220 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #230reached in 1990
- Change vs 2023
- 0.0%5 in 2024, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Brittani in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Bretagne in French — related form
- Breizh in Breton — related form
- Brittany in English — spelling variant
- Brittney in English — spelling variant
Brittanis among us
people named Brittani are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Brittani has already lived its whole cycle: it rose, had its era, and has stepped off the charts. The fashion question is behind it — what lies ahead is the waiting room where revivals begin, once a name's first generation has grown distant enough for it to sound fresh again.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- A real place with a documented Celtic migration behind it.
- Britt is a clean, short, unisex form available immediately.
- The three-syllable rhythm holds up well against a short surname.
- At least six spellings were in simultaneous heavy use, so this one will rarely be assumed.
- The name is very tightly dated to the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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Frequently asked
- How many Brittanis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 11,500 people named Brittani are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Brittani in 2025?
- Brittani is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Brittani with classmates?
- Brittani will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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