Meaning not yet researched.
Courtney: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 78 in 2025. Its best rank was #17 in 1995.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #17 in 1995; #2,335 in 2025. About 67% of babies named Courtney in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,335 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1995, at #17.
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Courtney: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 78 girls in 2025. Peak: #17 in 1995 · most girls in one year: 15,380 (1990).
In 2025, 78 US girls were named Courtney, making it the 2,335th most common girls’ name of the year, down 352 places from #1,983 in 2024. That is 21 fewer than the 99 girls named Courtney in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #17, reached in 1995. The most girls given the name in a single year was 15,380, in 1990. For comparison, it was #754 in 2015 and #1,502 in 1950.
In 2025, 38 US boys were named Courtney, making it the 3,141st most common boys’ name of the year, up 33 places from #3,174 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 38 boys named Courtney in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #254, reached in 1977. The most boys given the name in a single year was 860, in 1980. For comparison, it was #1,496 in 2015 and #854 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Courtney in 143 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 6 babies. In all, 281,432 US babies have been given the name, 92% of them girls and 8.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 116,812 babies named Courtney.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,701 US girls were named Courtney; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 349. In 2025 that was about 1 in 20,606 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Courtney ranked highest in Virginia in 2025, at #1,226 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Kourtney (14,765 babies since 1880), Courteney (1,129 babies since 1880), Cortney (20,096 babies since 1880) and Kortney (5,749 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Courtni, Kourtnee and Cortnee are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Court and Curt.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Courtni (937), Kourtnee (697), Cortnee (617), Courtny (504), Courtnei (229), Cortny (197), Kourtnei (166), Kourtny (51), Cortnei (35), Curtney (5), Courtnye (5).
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.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 47 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 5 | #1,226 | #788 |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,507 | #596 |
| Texas | 9 | #2,260 | #1,020 |
| California | 6 | #2,852 | #1,063 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | #2,335 | 38 | #3,141 |
| 2024 | 99 | #1,983 | 38 | #3,174 |
| 2023 | 105 | #1,891 | 38 | #3,187 |
| 2022 | 121 | #1,721 | 57 | #2,444 |
| 2021 | 123 | #1,684 | 54 | #2,470 |
| 2020 | 157 | #1,392 | 62 | #2,214 |
| 2019 | 190 | #1,234 | 52 | #2,531 |
| 2018 | 202 | #1,187 | 77 | #1,924 |
| 2017 | 277 | #954 | 82 | #1,821 |
| 2016 | 349 | #822 | 110 | #1,524 |
| 2015 | 374 | #754 | 111 | #1,496 |
| 2014 | 419 | #679 | 132 | #1,323 |
| 2013 | 558 | #534 | 123 | #1,370 |
| 2012 | 639 | #481 | 137 | #1,280 |
| 2011 | 753 | #418 | 129 | #1,321 |
| 2010 | 900 | #354 | 126 | #1,350 |
| 2009 | 1,062 | #308 | 137 | #1,282 |
| 2008 | 1,268 | #270 | 147 | #1,199 |
| 2007 | 1,514 | #233 | 155 | #1,149 |
| 2006 | 1,835 | #191 | 169 | #1,060 |
| 2005 | 2,195 | #157 | 141 | #1,144 |
| 2004 | 2,763 | #121 | 143 | #1,103 |
| 2003 | 3,348 | #103 | 135 | #1,126 |
| 2002 | 3,580 | #88 | 143 | #1,062 |
| 2001 | 4,175 | #73 | 175 | #897 |
| 2000 | 5,239 | #59 | 185 | #860 |
| 1999 | 6,559 | #44 | 191 | #800 |
| 1998 | 7,555 | #39 | 234 | #711 |
| 1997 | 9,035 | #28 | 244 | #669 |
| 1996 | 11,344 | #21 | 253 | #658 |
| 1995 | 12,775 | #17 | 275 | #621 |
| 1994 | 12,020 | #22 | 326 | #567 |
| 1993 | 12,577 | #20 | 370 | #534 |
| 1992 | 12,604 | #21 | 419 | #489 |
| 1991 | 13,441 | #19 | 535 | #423 |
| 1990 | 15,380 | #17 | 675 | #357 |
| 1989 | 13,452 | #21 | 793 | #303 |
| 1988 | 12,043 | #24 | 844 | #273 |
| 1987 | 8,909 | #33 | 759 | #284 |
| 1986 | 9,122 | #35 | 778 | #274 |
| 1985 | 7,531 | #43 | 731 | #281 |
| 1984 | 7,150 | #46 | 773 | #269 |
| 1983 | 6,748 | #44 | 708 | #288 |
| 1982 | 7,100 | #43 | 763 | #274 |
| 1981 | 6,636 | #43 | 736 | #280 |
| 1980 | 5,618 | #48 | 860 | #256 |
| 1979 | 4,321 | #71 | 802 | #263 |
| 1978 | 4,031 | #68 | 777 | #261 |
| 1977 | 3,808 | #76 | 797 | #254 |
| 1976 | 3,619 | #76 | 539 | #326 |
| 1975 | 2,775 | #102 | 409 | #386 |
| 1974 | 2,336 | #124 | 371 | #403 |
| 1973 | 813 | #292 | 219 | #533 |
| 1972 | 671 | #337 | 207 | #554 |
| 1971 | 834 | #319 | 224 | #535 |
| 1970 | 783 | #334 | 209 | #560 |
| 1969 | 698 | #339 | 206 | #546 |
| 1968 | 648 | #348 | 185 | #555 |
| 1967 | 558 | #389 | 179 | #558 |
| 1966 | 372 | #482 | 199 | #544 |
| 1965 | 252 | #613 | 184 | #560 |
| 1964 | 234 | #667 | 146 | #644 |
| 1963 | 164 | #810 | 148 | #647 |
| 1962 | 150 | #863 | 100 | #764 |
| 1961 | 101 | #1,092 | 141 | #659 |
| 1960 | 62 | #1,394 | 116 | #723 |
| 1959 | 61 | #1,370 | 80 | #845 |
| 1958 | 70 | #1,266 | 78 | #855 |
| 1957 | 53 | #1,462 | 76 | #863 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,801 | 85 | #810 |
| 1955 | 48 | #1,466 | 74 | #857 |
| 1954 | 41 | #1,588 | 88 | #759 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,841 | 75 | #830 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,648 | 78 | #795 |
| 1951 | 38 | #1,533 | 77 | #804 |
| 1950 | 38 | #1,502 | 64 | #854 |
| 1949 | 38 | #1,490 | 76 | #791 |
| 1948 | 45 | #1,373 | 76 | #785 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,465 | 89 | #729 |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,627 | 63 | #830 |
| 1945 | 29 | #1,521 | 73 | #712 |
| 1944 | 32 | #1,437 | 68 | #756 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,711 | 57 | #887 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,874 | 56 | #881 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,573 | 34 | #1,131 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,048 | 35 | #1,110 |
| 1939 | 15 | #2,140 | 28 | #1,243 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,037 | 49 | #899 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,473 | 44 | #943 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,553 | 33 | #1,145 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,211 | 43 | #969 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,314 | 37 | #1,077 |
| 1933 | — | — | 31 | #1,183 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,391 | 37 | #1,114 |
| 1931 | — | — | 58 | #826 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,333 | 38 | #1,136 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,962 | 58 | #870 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,303 | 39 | #1,129 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,454 | 43 | #1,085 |
| 1926 | 17 | #2,180 | 46 | #1,020 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,645 | 50 | #960 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,333 | 49 | #1,007 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,424 | 49 | #997 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,410 | 48 | #1,025 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,307 | 38 | #1,165 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,829 | 48 | #991 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,090 | 49 | #960 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,861 | 44 | #1,014 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,144 | 36 | #1,118 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,884 | 36 | #1,076 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,572 | 44 | #942 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,496 | 26 | #1,133 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,193 | 23 | #1,053 |
| 1912 | 9 | #2,011 | 23 | #944 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,687 | 5 | #1,795 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,807 | 11 | #993 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,307 | 5 | #1,502 |
| 1908 | — | — | 11 | #837 |
| 1907 | — | — | 8 | #1,016 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,781 | — | — |
| 1905 | 11 | #1,177 | — | — |
| 1904 | — | — | 7 | #990 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,641 | 9 | #801 |
| 1902 | — | — | 5 | #1,180 |
| 1901 | — | — | 9 | #738 |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,246 | 10 | #854 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,196 | 8 | #797 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,756 | 7 | #902 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,185 | 6 | #966 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,633 | 8 | #840 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,216 | 7 | #897 |
| 1894 | — | — | 8 | #800 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,314 | — | — |
| 1891 | — | — | 9 | #655 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,242 | — | — |
| 1889 | — | — | 11 | #594 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,326 | 9 | #714 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,060 | — | — |
| 1885 | 8 | #800 | 5 | #970 |
| 1884 | — | — | 5 | #1,001 |
| 1883 | 7 | #761 | — | — |
| 1882 | 5 | #937 | — | — |
| 1881 | 6 | #754 | — | — |
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).