Courage*
#9,188 most common boys' name of all time · #23,202 across all names · 81% boys / 19% girls · used 1990–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#9,188
Rank overall
#23,202 of 105,966
First appeared
1990
Years on the list
28 of 146
All-time
330
Since 2016
166
Peak year
2018 #6,216
Best rank
#5,257 2019
Girls
Boys
peak 25/yr
Courage first appears in 1990. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,923 |
| 2024 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,463 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #6,360 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #7,493 |
| 2021 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #7,758 |
| 2019 | 7 | 18 | 25 | #5,257 |
| 2018 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #6,216 |
| 2017 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #9,211 |
| 2016 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,934 |
| 2015 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,507 |
| 2014 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #6,169 |
| 2013 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,835 |
| 2012 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,505 |
| 2011 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #7,267 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,354 |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,597 |
| 2008 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #10,391 |
| 2007 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,373 |
| 2006 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,112 |
| 2005 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,030 |
| 2004 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,465 |
| 2002 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,035 |
| 2000 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,169 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,783 |
| 1998 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,187 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,936 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,386 |