girls:
62 births since 2008
#5654 (1st percentile)
boys:
246 births since 1990
#4340 (5th percentile)
overall:
308 births since 1990
#7431 (4th percentile)
The name Courage is the #7,431 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 308 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 4.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,340 (5.3% percentile) for all time with 246 births since 1990. For girls, it ranks #5,654 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 62 births since 2008.
Courage first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (1990 for boys and 2008 for girls). Birth data for Courage is available in 26 out of the 34 years between 1990 and 2023 (26 years for boys and 9 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Courage has been given predominantly to boys, with 79.9% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 70.0% of babies named Courage were boys.
For boys, Courage reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #904) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Courage ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 81.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Courage reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #955) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Courage ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 58.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Courage".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Courage. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.1% confident that Courage is pronounced as KER-ihj, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KER-uhj, at 15.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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