Courtney
A Norman French surname from Courtenay, a place near Paris.
Popularity, 1880–2025
Courtney first shows up in the national records in 1881. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in every year from 1976 to 2002. Its biggest year was 1990, when 15,380 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 17 nationally. The name has also seen real use for boys: 23,033 of the 281,432 Americans given the name since 1880.
Related names
Other spellings on record: Cortney (20,096), Kourtney (14,765), Kortney (5,749), Courtnie (2,114), Courtnee (1,636), Courtenay (1,435) (total births since 1880)
Explore Courtney interactively →By the decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 37 | No. 740 |
| 1890s | 46 | No. 1167 |
| 1900s | 44 | No. 1162 |
| 1910s | 120 | No. 1480 |
| 1920s | 147 | No. 1816 |
| 1930s | 102 | No. 2021 |
| 1940s | 302 | No. 1370 |
| 1950s | 449 | No. 1266 |
| 1960s | 3,239 | No. 339 |
| 1970s | 23,991 | No. 68 |
| 1980s | 84,309 | No. 21 |
| 1990s | 113,290 | No. 17 |
| 2000s | 26,979 | No. 59 |
| 2010s | 4,661 | No. 354 |
| 2020s | 683 | No. 1389 |
Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.
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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.