girls:
467 births since 1965
#5249 (8th percentile)
boys:
10 births since 1989
#4576 (0th percentile)
overall:
477 births since 1965
#7262 (6th percentile)
The name Courtnay is the #7,262 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 477 recorded births since 1965. This represents the 6.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,249 (8.1% percentile) for all time with 467 births since 1965. For boys, it ranks #4,576 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1989.
Courtnay first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1965 (1965 for girls and 1989 for boys). Birth data for Courtnay is available in 34 out of the 34 years between 1965 and 1998 (34 years for girls and 2 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 Courtnay has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Courtnay reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #781) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1998.
For boys, Courtnay reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #753) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1996.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Courtnay".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Courtnay. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.9% confident that Courtnay is pronounced as KORT-nay, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KORT-nee, at 39.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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