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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #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 1954

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #846 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 22,604 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedWVVirginia: #463 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,821 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedHITexas: #934 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 14,003 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Courtney, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Virginia#463 · 1 in 5,821
  2. Pennsylvania#846 · 1 in 22,604
  3. Texas#934 · 1 in 14,003

Best ever in a state: #5 in Mississippi, 1989.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Virginia#46371 in 5,821
Pennsylvania#84651 in 22,604
Texas#93481 in 14,003
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1954

girls
#1,585
41 births · 1 in 47,364 girls
boys
#758
88 births · 1 in 23,168 boys

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #1,585Courtney41

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #758Courtney88
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 47,364 of them was named Courtney, which outranked 76.1% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Courtney
  1. #1,560Valli42
  2. #1,560Velinda42
  3. #1,560Zola42
  4. #1,585Courtney41
  5. #1,585Birdie41
  6. #1,585Brenna41
  7. #1,585Clair41
  8. #1,602Alfredia40
  9. #1,602Autumn40
  10. #1,602Bunny40

Tied with 16 names at #1,585; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,699Sherree#2,699 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,434Sabrina#2,236 → #802
  3. ↑ 932Valinda#1,738 → #806
  4. ↑ 748Sheree#1,071 → #323
  5. ↑ 421Sherie#1,248 → #827
Fallers
  1. ↓ 396Enola#948 → #1,344
  2. ↓ 311Ila#782 → #1,093
  3. ↓ 302Nancie#816 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 282Arline#904 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 269Candyce#944 → #1,213

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

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 23,168 of them was named Courtney, which outranked 82.6% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Courtney
  1. #754Judson89
  2. #754Lenny89
  3. #754Theron89
  4. #758Courtney88
  5. #758Carol88
  6. #758Errol88
  7. #758Wilburn88
  8. #762Adolfo87
  9. #762Coleman87
  10. #762Debra87

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 592Ricci#1,331 → #739
  2. ↑ 470Demetrius#1,357 → #887
  3. ↑ 382Crawford#1,378 → #996
  4. ↑ 310Gavin#1,139 → #829
  5. ↑ 296Dino#1,058 → #762
Fallers
  1. ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
  3. ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268

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

See the top 100 for 1954 →