Brittanee
Feminine name derived from the historical Britons or ancient British people.
Name Census estimates that about 638 living Americans carry the first name Brittanee. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Brittanee today is around 34 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Brittanee births was 1989 (72 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Brittanee. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
638
~ 1 in 537,233 Americans
Peak year
1989
72 babies that year
Average age
34
years old
2009 SSA rank
#17,778
Tracked since 1982
Popularity
Brittanee: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Brittanee from the 1980s through to the 2000s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 418 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1990s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Brittanee by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Brittanee during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Brittanees live
The SSA's state-level files cover 5 states and territories. California, Texas, Ohio recorded the most babies named Brittanee, while New York, Florida, Ohio recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 29 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Brittanee
The given name Brittanee has its origins in the ancient Brythonic Celtic cultures that inhabited what is now Great Britain, Ireland, and northwestern France. The name is derived from the Proto-Celtic words "brith" and "tanno," which together mean "one who is from the land of the painted people."
This name first appeared in the historical records of the Britons, a Celtic tribe that lived in the southern regions of the island of Great Britain during the Iron Age and Roman periods. The earliest known reference to the name can be found in the writings of the ancient Greek explorer Pytheas, who encountered the Britons during his voyage around the British Isles in the 4th century BCE.
In the 1st century CE, the Roman historian Tacitus mentioned a Brittanic chieftain named Brittanicus, who led a rebellion against the Roman occupation of Britain. This is one of the earliest recorded examples of the name being used as a personal name.
Throughout the Middle Ages, the name Brittanee gained popularity among the Anglo-Saxons and Normans who settled in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. One notable bearer of the name was Brittanee of Blois (c. 1092-1137), a French noblewoman who married King Stephen of England and served as Queen Consort from 1135 until her death.
In the 12th century, a Welsh monk named Brittanee the Historian (c. 1100-1180) wrote several chronicles documenting the history and culture of the Welsh people, contributing to the preservation of the name's Celtic heritage.
During the Renaissance period, the name Brittanee was associated with the arts and literature. Brittanee Sidney (1554-1586), an English poet and courtier, was a prominent figure in the literary circles of Elizabethan England and a patron of the arts.
In more recent times, notable bearers of the name Brittanee include Brittanee Spears (born 1981), an American singer and actress, and Brittanee Cooper (born 1986), an American professional basketball player.
People
Brittanee + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Brittanee as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with B
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Brittanee: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Brittanee?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 638 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Brittanee going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 537,233 US residents.
Is Brittanee a common name?
We classify Brittanee as "Very Rare". It ranks above 86.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 664 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Brittanee most popular?
The single biggest year for Brittanee was 1989, when 72 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Brittanee is about 34 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Brittanee a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Brittanee in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.