Meaning not yet researched.
Courtland: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 31 in 2025. Its best rank was #947 in 1888.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #947 in 1888; #3,593 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Courtland in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,593 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1888, at #947.
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Courtland: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 31 boys in 2025. Peak: #947 in 1888 · most boys in one year: 119 (1996).
In 2025, 31 US boys were named Courtland, making it the 3,593rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 420 places from #3,173 in 2024. That is 7 fewer than the 38 boys named Courtland in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #947, reached in 1888. The most boys given the name in a single year was 119, in 1996. For comparison, it was #2,818 in 2015 and #1,624 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Courtland in 118 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1886 with 5 babies. In all, 4,100 US babies have been given the name, 6.0% of them girls and 94% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 1,130 babies named Courtland.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 337 US boys were named Courtland; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 40. In 2025 that was about 1 in 55,099 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Cortland (2,194 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Kortland and Kourtland are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Kortland (152), Kourtland (132).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Courtland in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 31 | #3,593 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,858 | 38 | #3,173 |
| 2023 | — | — | 35 | #3,362 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,537 | 35 | #3,349 |
| 2021 | — | — | 31 | #3,595 |
| 2020 | — | — | 31 | #3,506 |
| 2019 | 5 | #16,084 | 31 | #3,583 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,637 | 40 | #2,957 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,890 | 26 | #4,010 |
| 2016 | 7 | #13,222 | 39 | #3,011 |
| 2015 | 5 | #17,040 | 42 | #2,818 |
| 2014 | — | — | 40 | #2,899 |
| 2013 | 5 | #17,152 | 42 | #2,774 |
| 2012 | — | — | 46 | #2,641 |
| 2011 | 5 | #17,378 | 60 | #2,178 |
| 2010 | — | — | 33 | #3,321 |
| 2009 | — | — | 44 | #2,762 |
| 2008 | — | — | 40 | #2,958 |
| 2007 | 5 | #18,255 | 45 | #2,693 |
| 2006 | — | — | 37 | #2,990 |
| 2005 | — | — | 44 | #2,534 |
| 2004 | — | — | 41 | #2,608 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,265 | 40 | #2,551 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,504 | 46 | #2,258 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,244 | 51 | #2,059 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,069 | 65 | #1,728 |
| 1999 | — | — | 74 | #1,518 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,629 | 85 | #1,373 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,063 | 118 | #1,077 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,325 | 119 | #1,031 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,060 | 90 | #1,222 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,208 | 98 | #1,147 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,342 | 118 | #1,008 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,723 | 102 | #1,091 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,524 | 117 | #990 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,448 | 79 | #1,241 |
| 1989 | — | — | 60 | #1,413 |
| 1988 | — | — | 80 | #1,119 |
| 1987 | — | — | 68 | #1,163 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,729 | 40 | #1,622 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,535 | 50 | #1,375 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,742 | 33 | #1,729 |
| 1983 | — | — | 27 | #1,968 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,476 | 26 | #2,066 |
| 1981 | — | — | 41 | #1,503 |
| 1980 | — | — | 45 | #1,414 |
| 1979 | — | — | 47 | #1,354 |
| 1978 | — | — | 23 | #2,080 |
| 1977 | — | — | 38 | #1,495 |
| 1976 | — | — | 26 | #1,885 |
| 1975 | — | — | 24 | #1,958 |
| 1974 | — | — | 30 | #1,626 |
| 1973 | — | — | 32 | #1,519 |
| 1972 | — | — | 28 | #1,656 |
| 1971 | — | — | 32 | #1,534 |
| 1970 | — | — | 36 | #1,398 |
| 1969 | — | — | 18 | #1,992 |
| 1968 | — | — | 19 | #1,851 |
| 1967 | — | — | 22 | #1,667 |
| 1966 | — | — | 14 | #2,152 |
| 1965 | — | — | 13 | #2,288 |
| 1964 | — | — | 28 | #1,494 |
| 1963 | — | — | 18 | #1,915 |
| 1962 | — | — | 14 | #2,208 |
| 1961 | — | — | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1960 | — | — | 16 | #2,056 |
| 1959 | — | — | 9 | #2,863 |
| 1958 | — | — | 21 | #1,737 |
| 1957 | — | — | 11 | #2,513 |
| 1956 | — | — | 14 | #2,182 |
| 1955 | — | — | 15 | #2,068 |
| 1954 | — | — | 18 | #1,841 |
| 1953 | — | — | 17 | #1,914 |
| 1952 | — | — | 23 | #1,589 |
| 1951 | — | — | 23 | #1,559 |
| 1950 | — | — | 21 | #1,624 |
| 1949 | — | — | 15 | #1,959 |
| 1948 | — | — | 17 | #1,831 |
| 1947 | — | — | 21 | #1,662 |
| 1946 | — | — | 19 | #1,649 |
| 1945 | — | — | 13 | #1,945 |
| 1944 | — | — | 23 | #1,405 |
| 1943 | — | — | 20 | #1,593 |
| 1942 | — | — | 25 | #1,390 |
| 1941 | — | — | 14 | #1,925 |
| 1940 | — | — | 10 | #2,358 |
| 1939 | — | — | 14 | #1,893 |
| 1938 | — | — | 14 | #1,916 |
| 1937 | — | — | 8 | #2,722 |
| 1936 | — | — | 16 | #1,742 |
| 1935 | — | — | 14 | #1,951 |
| 1934 | — | — | 12 | #2,156 |
| 1933 | — | — | 13 | #2,011 |
| 1932 | — | — | 14 | #2,017 |
| 1931 | — | — | 19 | #1,650 |
| 1930 | — | — | 22 | #1,568 |
| 1929 | — | — | 17 | #1,866 |
| 1928 | — | — | 18 | #1,846 |
| 1927 | — | — | 12 | #2,433 |
| 1926 | — | — | 19 | #1,804 |
| 1925 | — | — | 24 | #1,541 |
| 1924 | — | — | 22 | #1,684 |
| 1923 | — | — | 23 | #1,608 |
| 1922 | — | — | 15 | #2,161 |
| 1921 | — | — | 25 | #1,518 |
| 1920 | — | — | 24 | #1,553 |
| 1919 | — | — | 17 | #1,893 |
| 1918 | — | — | 29 | #1,320 |
| 1917 | — | — | 10 | #2,590 |
| 1916 | — | — | 14 | #2,068 |
| 1915 | — | — | 14 | #1,992 |
| 1914 | — | — | 19 | #1,400 |
| 1913 | — | — | 11 | #1,701 |
| 1912 | — | — | 10 | #1,647 |
| 1910 | — | — | 7 | #1,336 |
| 1901 | — | — | 6 | #973 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #947 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #997 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).