girls:
239 births since 1982
#5477 (4th percentile)
boys:
3.8k births since 1886
#2014 (56th percentile)
overall:
4k births since 1886
#4326 (44th percentile)
The name Courtland is the #4,326 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,025 recorded births since 1886. This represents the 44.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 44.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,014 (56.1% percentile) for all time with 3,786 births since 1886. For girls, it ranks #5,477 (4.1% percentile) for all time with 239 births since 1982.
Courtland first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1886 (1886 for boys and 1982 for girls). Birth data for Courtland is available in 116 out of the 138 years between 1886 and 2023 (116 years for boys and 26 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 Courtland has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Courtland reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 14.7% percentile (ranked #656) with 57 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 59 births per million (ranked 14.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Courtland ranks #881 for boys (3.3% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 32.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Courtland reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #848) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Courtland".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Courtland. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 74.4% confident that Courtland is pronounced as KORT-luhnd, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KORT-land, at 25.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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