Courtney

#2,326 for girls in 2025, 78 births · #3,128 for boys in 2025, 38 births
Given to girls 91.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1990 · 15,380 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
27 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
258,399
since 1881

Courtney over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201897peak #17, 1990peak #254, 1977girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,32678#3,12838
2024#1,98099#3,16138
2023#1,890105#3,17738
2022#1,720121#2,43857
2021#1,680123#2,46454
2020#1,389157#2,21262
2019#1,233190#2,52552
2018#1,186202#1,92077
2017#952277#1,82082
2016#822349#1,522110
2015#754374#1,491111
2014#678419#1,321132
2013#534558#1,370123
2012#480639#1,280137
2011#418753#1,319129
2010#354900#1,349126
2009#3081,062#1,278137
2008#2701,268#1,198147
2007#2331,514#1,149155
2006#1911,835#1,058169
2005#1572,195#1,143141
2004#1212,763#1,101143
2003#1033,348#1,125135
2002#883,580#1,060143
2001#734,175#897175
2000#595,239#859185
1999#446,559#799191
1998#397,555#710234
1997#289,035#669244
1996#2111,344#658253
1995#1712,775#621275
1994#2212,020#567326
1993#2012,577#534370
1992#2112,604#489419
1991#1913,441#423535
1990#1715,380#357675
1989#2113,452#303793
1988#2412,043#273844
1987#338,909#284759
1986#359,122#274778
1985#437,531#281731
1984#467,150#269773
1983#446,748#287708
1982#437,100#274763
1981#436,636#280736
1980#485,618#256860
1979#714,321#263802
1978#684,031#261777
1977#763,808#254797
1976#763,619#325539
1975#1022,775#385409
1974#1242,336#403371
1973#292813#533219
1972#337671#554207
1971#319834#535224
1970#334783#559209
1969#339698#546206
1968#348648#555185
1967#389558#558179
1966#482372#544199
1965#613252#560184
1964#667234#644146
1963#810164#647148
1962#863150#763100
1961#1,090101#659141
1960#1,39362#723116
1959#1,37061#84380
1958#1,26670#85578
1957#1,45853#86176
1956#1,79635#80985
1955#1,46348#85574
1954#1,58541#75888
1953#1,83430#83075
1952#1,64135#79478
1951#1,52838#80377
1950#1,49538#85064
1949#1,48938#79176
1948#1,37045#78376
1947#1,46141#72789
1946#1,61730#82663
1945#1,51429#70973
1944#1,43332#75468
1943#1,70325#88557
1942#1,86021#87656
1941#1,56925#1,12934
1940#2,02916#1,10735
1939#2,12515#1,23828
1938#2,02116#89749
1937#2,44812#94244
1936#2,52111#1,14233
1935#3,1568#96943
1934#2,28913#1,07737
1933—#1,18131
1932#2,36513#1,11037
1931—#82558
1930#2,30614#1,13238
1929#2,92110#86958
1928#2,28415#1,12539
1927#2,43314#1,08043
1926#2,16517#1,01846
1925#2,61713#95650
1924#2,30816#1,00549
1923#3,3509#99249
1922#2,38715#1,02348
1921#2,28216#1,15938
1920#1,81622#98748
1919#2,06317#95949
1918#2,82211#1,01244
1917#3,0929#1,11336
1916#1,86718#1,07236
1915#2,52611#94144
1914#1,48019#1,12726
1913#2,1649#1,04923
1912#1,9819#93523
1911#1,6569#1,7405
1910#1,7738#98111
1909#1,29011#1,4405
1908—#82511
1907—#9998
1906#1,7276—
1905#1,16211—
1904—#9667
1903#1,5926#7839
1902—#1,1375
1901—#7279
1900#1,23110#83610
1899#1,1818#7868
1898#1,7005#8857
1897#1,1678#9426
1896#1,5835#8268
1895#1,2028#8727
1894—#7878
1893——
1892#1,2786—
1891—#6359
1890#1,2106—
1889—#58111
1888#1,2765#7049
1887#1,0366—
1886——
1885#7938#9365
1884—#9715
1883#7547—
1882#9085—
1881#7406—
1880——
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Courtney! It came in at #740, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Courtney is popular in 1897

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Courtney
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 346 spots since 2024 (#1,980 → #2,326)
  • 937 spots since 2020 (#1,389 → #2,326)
  • 1,572 spots since 2015 (#754 → #2,326)
  • Biggest jump: 227 spots in 1962 (#1,090 → #863)
  • Biggest drop: 234 spots in 2018 (#952 → #1,186)
Rise & fade · girls
109 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1990 at #17 (15,380 births)
  • Births halved by 1998, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 27 yrs · run 1976–2002
  • Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1962–2017
Share of babies · girls
1 in 123
  • Highest: 1 in 123 girls born in 1990 were named Courtney (0.81%)
  • Latest: 1 in 20,606 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 43.8% of all girls named Courtney (113,290) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1962
  • Mostly boys until 1961, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s37#740 (1881)#918
1890s46#1,167 (1897)#1,332
1900s44#1,162 (1905)#1,400
1910s120#1,480 (1914)#2,142
1920s147#1,816 (1920)#2,456
1930s102#2,021 (1938)#2,404
1940s302#1,370 (1948)#1,605
1950s449#1,266 (1958)#1,544
1960s3,239#339 (1969)#699
1970s23,991#68 (1978)#180
1980s84,309#21 (1989)#38
1990s113,290#17 (1990)#25
2000s26,979#59 (2000)#160
2010s4,661#354 (2010)#741
2020s683#1,389 (2020)#1,831

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Courtney in 1897

girls
#1,167
8 births · 1 in 29,275 girls
boys
#942
6 births · 1 in 18,793 boys

Top girls' names in 1897

  1. #1Mary13,413
  2. #2Anna5,429
  3. #3Helen4,519
  4. #4Margaret4,146
  5. #5Ruth3,878
  6. #6Elizabeth3,442
  7. #7Florence3,369
  8. #8Ethel3,182
  9. #9Marie3,078
  10. #10Emma2,698
  11. #1,167Courtney8

Top boys' names in 1897

  1. #1John7,550
  2. #2William7,198
  3. #3James5,113
  4. #4George4,078
  5. #5Charles3,341
  6. #6Joseph2,827
  7. #7Frank2,726
  8. #8Robert2,701
  9. #9Edward2,121
  10. #10Henry1,994
  11. #942Courtney6
More about 1897

girls

234,200 girls got a published name in 1897; 1 in 29,275 of them was named Courtney, which outranked 35.1% of the 1,799 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Courtney
  1. #1,094Villa9
  2. #1,094Vinie9
  3. #1,094Virgia9
  4. #1,167Courtney8
  5. #1,167Albert8
  6. #1,167Aleta8
  7. #1,167America8
  8. #1,263Albirta7
  9. #1,263Aleda7
  10. #1,263Alline7

Tied with 95 names at #1,167; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1896
Risers
  1. ↑ 688Lupe#1,583 → #895
  2. ↑ 652Carl#1,583 → #931
  3. ↑ 652Dortha#1,583 → #931
  4. ↑ 652Judy#1,583 → #931
  5. ↑ 630Dagmar#1,416 → #786
Fallers
  1. ↓ 848Myrta#707 → #1,555
  2. ↓ 848Ouida#707 → #1,555
  3. ↓ 712Jeanie#843 → #1,555
  4. ↓ 652Orrie#903 → #1,555
  5. ↓ 605Louetta#950 → #1,555

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 18,793 of them was named Courtney, which outranked 23.4% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Courtney
  1. #852Wilfrid7
  2. #852Willam7
  3. #852Yee7
  4. #942Courtney6
  5. #942Agnes6
  6. #942Alec6
  7. #942Allison6
  8. #1,057Abbie5
  9. #1,057Abie5
  10. #1,057Acie5

Tied with 114 names at #942; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1896
Risers
  1. ↑ 509Roswell#982 → #473
  2. ↑ 487Theron#982 → #495
  3. ↑ 486Alois#1,101 → #615
  4. ↑ 486Rush#1,101 → #615
  5. ↑ 467Helmer#982 → #515
Fallers
  1. ↓ 480Benton#462 → #942
  2. ↓ 465Louise#592 → #1,057
  3. ↓ 465Bradford#592 → #1,057
  4. ↓ 461Allison#481 → #942
  5. ↓ 424Hilliard#518 → #942

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1897 →