Courtney Name Popularity

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How popular is Courtney?

Ranking 1,192nd in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Courtney is uncommon.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Courtney has seen higher popularity rankings.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #17 for the first time in 1990 and as recently as 1995.

The name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1990 with 15,379 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Courtney in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1933.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Courtney occurred roughly during the years 1917-1920, 1935-1947, 1952-1970, 1971-1982, and 1983-1990, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1995-2017.

Sometimes the name Courtney has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

How popular will Courtney be?

Courtney's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Courtney has dropped significantly.

The name Courtney is still rare and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Courtney is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Courtney (Girl)		Courtney (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		199	1,192	77	1,911
2017		277	950	82	1,817
2016		347	826	109	1,533
2015		373	754	111	1,491
2014		417	680	132	1,321
2013		557	534	122	1,375
2012		637	482	137	1,280
2011		752	418	129	1,317
2010		900	354	126	1,348
2009		1,060	309	137	1,282
2008		1,262	270	147	1,199
2007		1,514	233	155	1,146
2006		1,834	191	169	1,059
2005		2,195	157	141	1,144
2004		2,762	121	143	1,103
2003		3,347	103	135	1,125
2002		3,580	88	143	1,062
2001		4,175	73	175	896
2000		5,239	59	185	860
1999		6,557	44	191	800
1998		7,554	39	234	711
1997		9,036	28	244	669
1996		11,343	21	253	658
1995		12,771	17	275	621
1994		12,018	22	326	567
1993		12,575	20	370	534
1992		12,601	21	419	489
1991		13,441	19	535	423
1990		15,379	17	675	357
1989		13,453	21	794	303
1988		12,042	24	843	273
1987		8,909	33	759	284
1986		9,120	35	780	274
1985		7,534	43	733	280
1984		7,148	46	772	270
1983		6,748	44	708	288
1982		7,098	43	763	274
1981		6,638	43	736	281
1980		5,616	48	860	257
1979		4,324	71	800	265
1978		4,034	68	778	261
1977		3,808	76	797	254
1976		3,621	76	541	325
1975		2,772	102	409	387
1974		2,337	124	371	402
1973		813	292	220	529
1972		671	337	206	554
1971		834	319	224	535
1970		783	334	210	559
1969		699	338	206	546
1968		648	348	185	556
1967		560	387	179	558
1966		372	482	199	543
1965		253	611	184	560
1964		235	667	146	644
1963		163	810	148	647
1962		152	855	100	764
1961		101	1,090	141	659
1960		62	1,395	116	723
1959		61	1,371	80	846
1958		71	1,261	78	854
1957		53	1,461	76	862
1956		35	1,806	85	810
1955		48	1,465	74	854
1954		41	1,589	88	760
1953		30	1,841	75	830
1952		35	1,646	78	796
1951		38	1,532	77	804
1950		38	1,502	64	854
1949		38	1,490	77	783
1948		45	1,373	75	788
1947		41	1,465	89	729
1946		30	1,629	63	829
1945		29	1,521	73	712
1944		32	1,437	68	757
1943		25	1,712	57	887
1942		21	1,874	56	880
1941		25	1,574	34	1,131
1940		16	2,047	35	1,111
1939		15	2,140	28	1,243
1938		16	2,039	49	900
1937		12	2,475	44	942
1936		11	2,553	33	1,144
1935		8	3,211	43	969
1934		13	2,314	37	1,077
1933		< 5	--	31	1,183
1932		13	2,391	37	1,113
1931		< 5	--	58	826
1930		14	2,333	38	1,136
1929		10	2,962	58	870
1928		15	2,304	39	1,129
1927		14	2,455	43	1,085
1926		17	2,180	46	1,020
1925		13	2,645	50	960
1924		16	2,334	49	1,007
1923		9	3,425	49	997
1922		15	2,410	48	1,026
1921		16	2,307	38	1,164
1920		22	1,829	48	991
1919		17	2,090	50	951
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	2,012	23	944
1911		9	1,687	5	1,795
1910		8	1,807	11	993
1909		11	1,307	5	1,502
1908		< 5	--	11	837
1907		< 5	--	8	1,016
1906		6	1,781	< 5	--
1905		11	1,177	< 5	--
1904		< 5	--	7	990
1903		6	1,641	9	801
1902		< 5	--	5	1,180
1901		< 5	--	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		< 5	--	8	800
1893		< 5	--	< 5	--
1892		6	1,314	< 5	--
1891		< 5	--	9	655
1890		6	1,242	< 5	--
1889		< 5	--	11	594
1888		5	1,326	9	714
1887		6	1,060	< 5	--
1886		< 5	--	< 5	--
1885		8	800	5	970
1884		< 5	--	5	1,001
1883		7	761	< 5	--
1882		5	937	< 5	--
1881		6	754	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.