Briton Popularity by Year
Follow Briton across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Briton birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 5 | #12,008 | Up 138 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 5 | #12,146 | Down 124 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 5 | #12,022 | Down 1,262 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 6 | #10,760 | Down 1,064 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 7 | #9,696 | Down 2,091 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 10 | #7,605 | Up 435 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 9 | #8,040 | Up 1,602 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 7 | #9,642 | Up 13 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 7 | #9,655 | Down 2,096 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 10 | #7,559 | Up 2,041 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 7 | #9,600 | Down 2,902 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 12 | #6,698 | Down 1,596 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 18 | #5,102 | Up 1,661 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 12 | #6,763 | Up 827 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 10 | #7,590 | Down 686 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 11 | #6,904 | Down 2,080 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 17 | #4,824 | Up 2,712 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 9 | #7,536 | Up 295 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 8 | #7,831 | Down 1,309 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 10 | #6,522 | Down 509 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 11 | #6,013 | Down 1,624 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 17 | #4,389 | Up 928 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 12 | #5,317 | Down 904 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 15 | #4,413 | Up 1,687 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 9 | #6,100 | Down 913 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 11 | #5,187 | Down 1,884 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 20 | #3,303 | Up 1,234 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 13 | #4,537 | Up 2,279 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 7 | #6,816 | Down 1,580 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 10 | #5,236 | Down 2,692 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 27 | #2,544 | Up 1,063 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 16 | #3,607 | Down 161 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 5 | #12,958 | — |
| 1989 | Boys | 16 | #3,446 | Up 1,004 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 10 | #4,450 | Down 1,891 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 21 | #2,559 | Up 446 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 16 | #3,005 | Up 396 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 13 | #3,401 | Up 524 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 10 | #3,925 | Up 982 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 7 | #4,907 | Down 941 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 10 | #3,966 | Up 1,502 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 6 | #5,468 | Up 782 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 5 | #6,250 | Down 895 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 6 | #5,355 | Up 417 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 5 | #5,772 | Up 73 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 5 | #5,845 | Down 258 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 5 | #5,587 | Down 360 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 5 | #5,227 | Down 1,173 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 7 | #4,054 | Up 387 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 6 | #4,441 | Up 466 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 5 | #4,907 | Down 677 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 6 | #4,230 | Down 295 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 6 | #3,935 | Up 201 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 5 | #4,136 | Down 1,376 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 9 | #2,760 | Up 1,170 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 5 | #3,930 | Down 612 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 7 | #3,318 | — |