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Courtney

Girls' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~272,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,326 among girls
Births in 2025
116 281,432 since 1880
Typical age
35 years, median

Courtney popularity over time

Courtney rank by birth year, 1881–2025Courtney ranked #740 in 1881 and #2,326 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #17, in 1990.#100#1,000#2,326best #17 in 199018901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1881–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Courtney was used most in 1990, when 16,055 babies were given the name. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1881. Across the record, 27 years put Courtney in the top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #2,326, with 116 births that year. The ten-year change is -76%. Year on year the rank dropped by 346.

Babies named Courtney per yearPeaks at 16,055 births in 1990.16,055 in 1990018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Courtney?

Roughly 272,100 Courtneys are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 281,432 births under the name since 1880. The split is about 252,000 women and 20,100 men.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Courtney?

Median age among living Courtneys: 35. The 1990s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Courtney a millennial-era name.

Your Courtney

Ages of living people named CourtneyHalf of living Courtneys are older than 35 and half younger.median 35020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Courtney is most common

Courtney is 3.4× as common in Alabama as it is nationally. Georgia and Tennessee follow.

Where Courtney is used more than average3 states use the name Courtney more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: 1.4× the national rateTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: 3.4× the national rateALGeorgia: 1.7× the national rateGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Courtney is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Alabama 93 3.4×
Georgia 108 1.7×
Tennessee 61 1.4×

Is Courtney a boy's or a girl's name?

92% girls8% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

The name leans girls, but 26.3% of births in the last decade were boys. Across the whole record, 91.8% of births under the name were girls.

Courtney in England and Wales

ONS recorded 12 births named Courtney in 2025, ranking it #2,278. That is 67% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Courtney comes from

Variant of Courtenay, an aristocratic Norman surname derived from place names in Normandy, from Latin Curtenus, a personal name from curtus (“short”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Courtney

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Courtney Love American rock musician 1964 83
Courtney Thorne-Smith American actress 1967 35
Courtney B. Vance American actor 1960 33
Courtney Barnett Australian singer-songwriter and rock guitarist 1987 30
Courtney Eaton Australian actress and model 1996 28
Courtney Hodges United States general 1887–1966 27
Courtney Lee American basketball player 1985 26
Courtney Ford American actress 1978 24
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 1,032 in 1973 to 2,707 in 1974 — 2.6 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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