Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Courtland*

#1,994 most common boys' name of all time · #4,801 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1886–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,994
Rank overall
#4,801 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
118 of 146
All-time
4,100
Since 2016
379
Peak year
1997 #1,077
Best rank
#991 1991
Girls Boys peak 138/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Courtland first appears in 1886. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 31 31 #3,586
2024 6 38 44 #3,164
2023 — 35 35 #3,351
2022 7 35 42 #3,350
2021 — 31 31 #3,592
2020 — 31 31 #3,504
2019 5 31 36 #3,577
2018 8 40 48 #2,945
2017 9 26 35 #3,999
2016 7 39 46 #2,999
2015 5 42 47 #2,815
2014 — 40 40 #2,894
2013 5 42 47 #2,769
2012 — 46 46 #2,638
2011 5 60 65 #2,178
2010 — 33 33 #3,309
2009 — 44 44 #2,756
2008 — 40 40 #2,954
2007 5 45 50 #2,693
2006 — 37 37 #2,982
2005 — 44 44 #2,532
2004 — 41 41 #2,601
2003 6 40 46 #2,547
2002 7 46 53 #2,258
2001 8 51 59 #2,056
2000 7 65 72 #1,728
1999 — 74 74 #1,519
1998 18 85 103 #1,372
1997 20 118 138 #1,077
1996 18 119 137 #1,031
1995 19 90 109 #1,224
1994 12 98 110 #1,146
1993 14 118 132 #1,008
1992 13 102 115 #1,090
1991 8 117 125 #991
1990 8 79 87 #1,239
1989 — 60 60 #1,414
1988 — 80 80 #1,119
1987 — 68 68 #1,166
1986 7 40 47 #1,626
1985 7 50 57 #1,374
1984 5 33 38 #1,729
1983 — 27 27 #1,968
1982 6 26 32 #2,071
1981 — 41 41 #1,506
1980 — 45 45 #1,419
1979 — 47 47 #1,356
1978 — 23 23 #2,079
1977 — 38 38 #1,495
1976 — 26 26 #1,887
1975 — 24 24 #1,953
1974 — 30 30 #1,633
1973 — 32 32 #1,531
1972 — 28 28 #1,658
1971 — 32 32 #1,540
1970 — 36 36 #1,402
1969 — 18 18 #1,990
1968 — 19 19 #1,857
1967 — 22 22 #1,668
1966 — 14 14 #2,157
1965 — 13 13 #2,297
1964 — 28 28 #1,497
1963 — 18 18 #1,924
1962 — 14 14 #2,210
1961 — 12 12 #2,449
1960 — 16 16 #2,064
1959 — 9 9 #2,866
1958 — 21 21 #1,744
1957 — 11 11 #2,529
1956 — 14 14 #2,196
1955 — 15 15 #2,082
1954 — 18 18 #1,851
1953 — 17 17 #1,919
1952 — 23 23 #1,592
1951 — 23 23 #1,570
1950 — 21 21 #1,629
1949 — 15 15 #1,971
1948 — 17 17 #1,838
1947 — 21 21 #1,672
1946 — 19 19 #1,663
1945 — 13 13 #1,960
1944 — 23 23 #1,417
1943 — 20 20 #1,600
1942 — 25 25 #1,400
1941 — 14 14 #1,933
1940 — 10 10 #2,376
1939 — 14 14 #1,913
1938 — 14 14 #1,931
1937 — 8 8 #2,734
1936 — 16 16 #1,757
1935 — 14 14 #1,962
1934 — 12 12 #2,165
1933 — 13 13 #2,031
1932 — 14 14 #2,030
1931 — 19 19 #1,659
1930 — 22 22 #1,575
1929 — 17 17 #1,874
1928 — 18 18 #1,853
1927 — 12 12 #2,439
1926 — 19 19 #1,808
1925 — 24 24 #1,553
1924 — 22 22 #1,698
1923 — 23 23 #1,608
1922 — 15 15 #2,172
1921 — 25 25 #1,526
1920 — 24 24 #1,571
1919 — 17 17 #1,912
1918 — 29 29 #1,328
1917 — 10 10 #2,603
1916 — 14 14 #2,078
1915 — 14 14 #2,004
1914 — 19 19 #1,415
1913 — 11 11 #1,731
1912 — 10 10 #1,680
1910 — 7 7 #1,379
1901 — 6 6 #1,034
1888 — 6 6 #1,009
1886 — 5 5 #1,085