Meaning and history
Britton is derived from a Middle English surname meaning “a Briton” (a Celt of England) or “a Breton” (an inhabitant of Brittany); both ethnonyms are related to the place name Britain.
20062006: 151 births, rank #1,132
2007: 141 births, rank #1,246
2008: 125 births, rank #1,361
2009: 132 births, rank #1,314
2010: 142 births, rank #1,240
20112011: 113 births, rank #1,448
2012: 115 births, rank #1,439
2013: 99 births, rank #1,568
2014: 104 births, rank #1,536
2015: 106 births, rank #1,538
20162016: 106 births, rank #1,556
2017: 93 births, rank #1,695
2018: 102 births, rank #1,606
2019: 88 births, rank #1,762
2020: 83 births, rank #1,798
20212021: 65 births, rank #2,173
2022: 56 births, rank #2,468
2023: 56 births, rank #2,416
2024: 42 births, rank #2,958
20252025: 46 births, rank #2,765
Britton moved from #910 to #944 for boys between 1991 and 1992. Its highest annual birth count came in 1987, with 136 births.