girls:
1.2k births since 1925
#4529 (21st percentile)
boys:
246 births since 1915
#4340 (5th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1915
#6310 (18th percentile)
The name Courtenay is the #6,310 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,435 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 18.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,529 (20.7% percentile) for all time with 1,189 births since 1925. For boys, it ranks #4,340 (5.3% percentile) for all time with 246 births since 1915.
Courtenay first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1925 for girls). Birth data for Courtenay is available in 55 out of the 91 years between 1915 and 2005 (52 years for girls and 28 years for boys). 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 Courtenay has been given predominantly to girls, with 82.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2005, 100.0% of babies named Courtenay were girls. Interestingly, until around 1926, the name was more popular for boys (68.8% boys from 1915 to 1925), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (83.4% girls from 1926 to 2005).
For girls, Courtenay reached its peak popularity in 1966, achieving the 8.4% percentile (ranked #679) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 1966, with 38 births per million (ranked 8.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2005.
For boys, Courtenay reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #664) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1993.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Courtenay".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Courtenay. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.9% confident that Courtenay is pronounced as KORT-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KORT-nay, at 22.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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