‘Britney’ declines in popularity as a baby name

According to the Seattle Times, it seems as though the pop starlet Britney Spears who brought popularity to the name “Britney”,  may also be cause for its recent decline in popularity.

The name was almost nonexistent in 1980, rose to prominence on the blond-headed shoulders of bubblegum princess Britney Spears and has deflated into irrelevance right along with her. She dragged alternative spellings — Brittney and Brittany — along for the fall.