Briton is a rare variant of Britton that peaked in 1991 and has since faded.
Briton is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #12,327 for boy births in the United States (and #25,423 across all names), given to 5 babies. Briton was first reported in SSA data in 1963 and peaked in 1991 (27 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,327 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,431 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,313 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,982 |
| 2017 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,846 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,679 |
| 2015 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,136 |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,785 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,796 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,628 |
| 2011 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,758 |
| 2010 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,741 |
| 2009 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,129 |
| 2008 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,812 |
| 2007 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,678 |
| 2006 | 11 | 11 | — | #6,977 |
| 2005 | 17 | 17 | — | #4,848 |
| 2004 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,608 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8 | — | #7,947 |
| 2002 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,595 |
| 2001 | 11 | 11 | — | #6,073 |
| 2000 | 17 | 17 | — | #4,422 |
| 1999 | 12 | 12 | — | #5,351 |
| 1998 | 15 | 15 | — | #4,441 |
| 1997 | 9 | — | — | #6,152 |
| 1996 | 11 | — | — | #5,225 |
| 1995 | 20 | — | — | #3,321 |
| 1994 | 13 | — | — | #4,569 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | — | #6,906 |
| 1992 | 10 | — | — | #5,280 |
| 1991 | 27 | — | — | #2,553 |
| 1990 | 21 | — | #13,244 | #3,623 |
| 1989 | 16 | — | — | #3,468 |
| 1988 | 10 | — | — | #4,487 |
| 1987 | 21 | — | — | #2,570 |
| 1986 | 16 | — | — | #3,019 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | — | #3,431 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | — | #3,949 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | — | #4,991 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | — | #3,997 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | — | #5,582 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | — | #6,373 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | — | #5,438 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | — | #5,912 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | — | #5,951 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | — | #5,702 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | — | #5,301 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | — | #4,113 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | — | #4,502 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | — | #4,999 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | — | #4,300 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | — | #3,996 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | — | #4,201 |
| 1967 | 9 | — | — | #2,796 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | — | #3,980 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | — | #3,349 |