first name
COURTNEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 246,235 people named Courtney, 76.4% reported their origin as White, 15% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. 93.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Courtney peaked in 1990, when 16,055 babies got the name.
At least 281,432 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Courtney by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #57. The largest share of babies named Courtney, 63.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Courtney is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Courtney has been most common in Louisiana (1.6×), Delaware (1.4×), and Alaska (1.4×), and least common in New Mexico (0.57×).
274,173 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Courtney
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Courtney, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Courtney ranks #1,335 of 156,621, with 25,782 people. See Courtney as a last name
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