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
- Peak · girls
- 1990 · 15,380 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 27 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 258,399since 1881
Courtney over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,326 | 78 | #3,128 | 38 |
| 2024 | #1,980 | 99 | #3,161 | 38 |
| 2023 | #1,890 | 105 | #3,177 | 38 |
| 2022 | #1,720 | 121 | #2,438 | 57 |
| 2021 | #1,680 | 123 | #2,464 | 54 |
| 2020 | #1,389 | 157 | #2,212 | 62 |
| 2019 | #1,233 | 190 | #2,525 | 52 |
| 2018 | #1,186 | 202 | #1,920 | 77 |
| 2017 | #952 | 277 | #1,820 | 82 |
| 2016 | #822 | 349 | #1,522 | 110 |
| 2015 | #754 | 374 | #1,491 | 111 |
| 2014 | #678 | 419 | #1,321 | 132 |
| 2013 | #534 | 558 | #1,370 | 123 |
| 2012 | #480 | 639 | #1,280 | 137 |
| 2011 | #418 | 753 | #1,319 | 129 |
| 2010 | #354 | 900 | #1,349 | 126 |
| 2009 | #308 | 1,062 | #1,278 | 137 |
| 2008 | #270 | 1,268 | #1,198 | 147 |
| 2007 | #233 | 1,514 | #1,149 | 155 |
| 2006 | #191 | 1,835 | #1,058 | 169 |
| 2005 | #157 | 2,195 | #1,143 | 141 |
| 2004 | #121 | 2,763 | #1,101 | 143 |
| 2003 | #103 | 3,348 | #1,125 | 135 |
| 2002 | #88 | 3,580 | #1,060 | 143 |
| 2001 | #73 | 4,175 | #897 | 175 |
| 2000 | #59 | 5,239 | #859 | 185 |
| 1999 | #44 | 6,559 | #799 | 191 |
| 1998 | #39 | 7,555 | #710 | 234 |
| 1997 | #28 | 9,035 | #669 | 244 |
| 1996 | #21 | 11,344 | #658 | 253 |
| 1995 | #17 | 12,775 | #621 | 275 |
| 1994 | #22 | 12,020 | #567 | 326 |
| 1993 | #20 | 12,577 | #534 | 370 |
| 1992 | #21 | 12,604 | #489 | 419 |
| 1991 | #19 | 13,441 | #423 | 535 |
| 1990 | #17 | 15,380 | #357 | 675 |
| 1989 | #21 | 13,452 | #303 | 793 |
| 1988 | #24 | 12,043 | #273 | 844 |
| 1987 | #33 | 8,909 | #284 | 759 |
| 1986 | #35 | 9,122 | #274 | 778 |
| 1985 | #43 | 7,531 | #281 | 731 |
| 1984 | #46 | 7,150 | #269 | 773 |
| 1983 | #44 | 6,748 | #287 | 708 |
| 1982 | #43 | 7,100 | #274 | 763 |
| 1981 | #43 | 6,636 | #280 | 736 |
| 1980 | #48 | 5,618 | #256 | 860 |
| 1979 | #71 | 4,321 | #263 | 802 |
| 1978 | #68 | 4,031 | #261 | 777 |
| 1977 | #76 | 3,808 | #254 | 797 |
| 1976 | #76 | 3,619 | #325 | 539 |
| 1975 | #102 | 2,775 | #385 | 409 |
| 1974 | #124 | 2,336 | #403 | 371 |
| 1973 | #292 | 813 | #533 | 219 |
| 1972 | #337 | 671 | #554 | 207 |
| 1971 | #319 | 834 | #535 | 224 |
| 1970 | #334 | 783 | #559 | 209 |
| 1969 | #339 | 698 | #546 | 206 |
| 1968 | #348 | 648 | #555 | 185 |
| 1967 | #389 | 558 | #558 | 179 |
| 1966 | #482 | 372 | #544 | 199 |
| 1965 | #613 | 252 | #560 | 184 |
| 1964 | #667 | 234 | #644 | 146 |
| 1963 | #810 | 164 | #647 | 148 |
| 1962 | #863 | 150 | #763 | 100 |
| 1961 | #1,090 | 101 | #659 | 141 |
| 1960 | #1,393 | 62 | #723 | 116 |
| 1959 | #1,370 | 61 | #843 | 80 |
| 1958 | #1,266 | 70 | #855 | 78 |
| 1957 | #1,458 | 53 | #861 | 76 |
| 1956 | #1,796 | 35 | #809 | 85 |
| 1955 | #1,463 | 48 | #855 | 74 |
| 1954 | #1,585 | 41 | #758 | 88 |
| 1953 | #1,834 | 30 | #830 | 75 |
| 1952 | #1,641 | 35 | #794 | 78 |
| 1951 | #1,528 | 38 | #803 | 77 |
| 1950 | #1,495 | 38 | #850 | 64 |
| 1949 | #1,489 | 38 | #791 | 76 |
| 1948 | #1,370 | 45 | #783 | 76 |
| 1947 | #1,461 | 41 | #727 | 89 |
| 1946 | #1,617 | 30 | #826 | 63 |
| 1945 | #1,514 | 29 | #709 | 73 |
| 1944 | #1,433 | 32 | #754 | 68 |
| 1943 | #1,703 | 25 | #885 | 57 |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 | #876 | 56 |
| 1941 | #1,569 | 25 | #1,129 | 34 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 | #1,107 | 35 |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 | #1,238 | 28 |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 | #897 | 49 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | #942 | 44 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | #1,142 | 33 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #969 | 43 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | #1,077 | 37 |
| 1933 | — | #1,181 | 31 | |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 | #1,110 | 37 |
| 1931 | — | #825 | 58 | |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 | #1,132 | 38 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #869 | 58 |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 | #1,125 | 39 |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | #1,080 | 43 |
| 1926 | #2,165 | 17 | #1,018 | 46 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | #956 | 50 |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 | #1,005 | 49 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #992 | 49 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | #1,023 | 48 |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | #1,159 | 38 |
| 1920 | #1,816 | 22 | #987 | 48 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 | #959 | 49 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #1,012 | 44 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #1,113 | 36 |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 | #1,072 | 36 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #941 | 44 |
| 1914 | #1,480 | 19 | #1,127 | 26 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | #1,049 | 23 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | #935 | 23 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | #825 | 11 | |
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 | — | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | #783 | 9 |
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | #704 | 9 |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | #793 | 8 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 | — | |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | — | |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Courtney
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1990 at #17 (15,380 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 27 yrs · run 1976–2002
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1962–2017
- Highest: 1 in 123 girls born in 1990 were named Courtney (0.81%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,606 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 43.8% of all girls named Courtney (113,290) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1961, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 37 | #740 (1881) | #918 |
| 1890s | 46 | #1,167 (1897) | #1,332 |
| 1900s | 44 | #1,162 (1905) | #1,400 |
| 1910s | 120 | #1,480 (1914) | #2,142 |
| 1920s | 147 | #1,816 (1920) | #2,456 |
| 1930s | 102 | #2,021 (1938) | #2,404 |
| 1940s | 302 | #1,370 (1948) | #1,605 |
| 1950s | 449 | #1,266 (1958) | #1,544 |
| 1960s | 3,239 | #339 (1969) | #699 |
| 1970s | 23,991 | #68 (1978) | #180 |
| 1980s | 84,309 | #21 (1989) | #38 |
| 1990s | 113,290 | #17 (1990) | #25 |
| 2000s | 26,979 | #59 (2000) | #160 |
| 2010s | 4,661 | #354 (2010) | #741 |
| 2020s | 683 | #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 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 2,756 of them was named Courtney, which outranked 97.5% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 13,846 of them was named Courtney, which outranked 91.0% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,273Maddex138
- #1,273Reynaldo138
- #1,273Veer138
- #1,280Courtney137
- #1,280Emmit137
- #1,280Gonzalo137
- #1,280Kenyon137
- #1,285Alexavier136
- #1,285Deion136
- #1,285Dwight136
Tied with 4 names at #1,280; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.