girls:
13.8k births since 1964
#1312 (77th percentile)
boys:
825 births since 1971
#3762 (18th percentile)
overall:
14.7k births since 1964
#2169 (72nd percentile)
The name Kourtney is the #2,169 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 14,670 recorded births since 1964. This represents the 72.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 72.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,312 (77.1% percentile) for all time with 13,845 births since 1964. For boys, it ranks #3,762 (17.9% percentile) for all time with 825 births since 1971.
Kourtney first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1964 (1964 for girls and 1971 for boys). Birth data for Kourtney is available in 59 out of the 60 years between 1964 and 2023 (59 years for girls and 51 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 Kourtney has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 94.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 83.6% of babies named Kourtney were girls.
For girls, Kourtney reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 55.9% percentile (ranked #381) with 314 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 314 births per million (ranked 55.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kourtney ranks #901 for girls (4.9% percentile) with 29 births per million, which is 9.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kourtney reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 4.3% percentile (ranked #665) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 18 births per million (ranked 4.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kourtney ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 30.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kourtney".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Kourtney is pronounced as KORT-nee, which has 2 syllables.
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