Recorded 1881–2025 · United States
Courtney was most popular in 1990, when 16,055 American babies were given the name — ranking #44 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,201, with 116 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 281,432 people named Courtney.
Courtney first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1881, which makes it about 144 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 143 of the 145 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 281,432 American births named Courtney between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 271,634 are estimated to be alive today.
116 American babies were named Courtney in 2025, ranking #3,201 that year.
Courtney is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 150 births a year, against 675 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -78% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Courtney is mostly a girl’s name — 91.8% of the 281,432 Americans given it were girls and 8.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 1962 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 74% girls and 26% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 271,634 Americans named Courtney are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 36 years old, and half are between 30 and 42. That is a narrow band: Courtney arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org