girls:
258.2k births since 1881
#157 (97th percentile)
boys:
23k births since 1884
#757 (84th percentile)
overall:
281.2k births since 1881
#279 (96th percentile)
The name Courtney is the #279 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 281,172 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 96.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 96.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #157 (97.3% percentile) for all time with 258,214 births since 1881. For boys, it ranks #757 (83.5% percentile) for all time with 22,958 births since 1884.
Courtney first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for girls and 1884 for boys). Birth data for Courtney is available in 141 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023 (133 years for boys and 130 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 Courtney has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 91.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 73.4% of babies named Courtney were girls.
For girls, Courtney reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 98.1% percentile (ranked #17) with 7,486 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 7,486 births per million (ranked 98.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1993, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Courtney ranks #847 for girls (10.6% percentile) with 60 births per million, which is 0.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Courtney reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 64.1% percentile (ranked #245) with 464 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 466 births per million (ranked 64.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2008, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Courtney ranks #878 for boys (3.6% percentile) with 21 births per million, which is 4.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Courtney".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Courtney is pronounced as KORT-nee, which has 2 syllables.
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