Girl name#405 of girl names
Brittney
Pronounced B R IH1 T N EY1 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1989
- 67 years in use
How popular is Brittney?
Brittney is a girls' name, and first appears in 1958. It has been given to 84,181 children — the 405th most common girls' name on record.
It is falling away, down 78% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1989, when 8,042 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- B R IH1 T N EY1
- Stress pattern:
- 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Brittney
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Brittney
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Brittney?
- Brittney ranks 405th among girls' names in US records, with 84,181 births since 1958. Over the past decade it accounts for 615.
- Is Brittney a unisex name?
- No. Brittney is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Brittney most popular?
- 1989, when 8,042 children were given the name. It has been in use for 67 years and is still recorded as of 2024.