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Courtney

Courtney was most popular in 1990, when 15,380 girls got the name. In 2025 it ranked number 2,335 for girls. It is also a boy's name, most popular for boys in 1980.

281,432babies since 1880
1990most popular year
#17best rank, 1990
#2,335rank in 2025

Babies named Courtney each year in the US

Girls Boys

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See the numbers by decade
DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s3730
1890s4653
1900s4464
1910s120297
1920s147468
1930s102398
1940s302627
1950s449775
1960s3,2391,604
1970s23,9914,554
1980s84,3097,745
1990s113,2903,522
2000s26,9791,530
2010s4,6611,079
2020s683287

Courtney in other countries

Out of every 10,000 girls born each year, how many were named Courtney.

US England and Wales Scotland Northern Ireland France

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CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 1990 1 in 123 #2,335
England and Wales 1998 1 in 89 #2,305
Scotland 1998 1 in 80 #848
Northern Ireland 1997 1 in 57 n/a
France 2005 1 in 24,739 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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