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Courtland

Courtland was most popular in 1996, when 119 boys got the name. In 2025 it ranked number 3,593 for boys. It is also a girl's name, most popular for girls in 1997.

4,100babies since 1880
1996most popular year
#947best rank, 1888
#3,593rank in 2025

Babies named Courtland each year in the US

Girls Boys

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See the numbers by decade
DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s011
1890s00
1900s06
1910s0131
1920s0199
1930s0146
1940s0177
1950s0172
1960s0174
1970s0316
1980s25470
1990s1301,000
2000s33453
2010s44399
2020s13201

Courtland in other countries

Out of every 10,000 boys born each year, how many were named Courtland.

US England and Wales

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CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 1996 1 in 15,918 #3,593
England and Wales 1936 1 in 65,314 n/a

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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