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.

Courtney*

#143 most common girls' name of all time · #282 across all names · 8% male / 92% female · used 1881–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#143
Rank overall
#282 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
143 of 146
All-time
281,432
Since 2016
2,309
Peak year
1990 #17
Best rank
#17 1990
Girls Boys peak 16,055/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Courtney first appears in 1881. 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 78 38 116 #2,328
2024 99 38 137 #1,982
2023 105 38 143 #1,892
2022 121 57 178 #1,722
2021 123 54 177 #1,683
2020 157 62 219 #1,390
2019 190 52 242 #1,234
2018 202 77 279 #1,186
2017 277 82 359 #952
2016 349 110 459 #824
2015 374 111 485 #754
2014 419 132 551 #678
2013 558 123 681 #534
2012 639 137 776 #480
2011 753 129 882 #418
2010 900 126 1,026 #354
2009 1,062 137 1,199 #308
2008 1,268 147 1,415 #270
2007 1,514 155 1,669 #233
2006 1,835 169 2,004 #191
2005 2,195 141 2,336 #157
2004 2,763 143 2,906 #121
2003 3,348 135 3,483 #103
2002 3,580 143 3,723 #88
2001 4,175 175 4,350 #73
2000 5,239 185 5,424 #59
1999 6,559 191 6,750 #44
1998 7,555 234 7,789 #39
1997 9,035 244 9,279 #28
1996 11,344 253 11,597 #21
1995 12,775 275 13,050 #17
1994 12,020 326 12,346 #22
1993 12,577 370 12,947 #20
1992 12,604 419 13,023 #21
1991 13,441 535 13,976 #19
1990 15,380 675 16,055 #17
1989 13,452 793 14,245 #21
1988 12,043 844 12,887 #24
1987 8,909 759 9,668 #33
1986 9,122 778 9,900 #35
1985 7,531 731 8,262 #43
1984 7,150 773 7,923 #46
1983 6,748 708 7,456 #44
1982 7,100 763 7,863 #43
1981 6,636 736 7,372 #43
1980 5,618 860 6,478 #48
1979 4,321 802 5,123 #71
1978 4,031 777 4,808 #68
1977 3,808 797 4,605 #76
1976 3,619 539 4,158 #76
1975 2,775 409 3,184 #102
1974 2,336 371 2,707 #124
1973 813 219 1,032 #292
1972 671 207 878 #337
1971 834 224 1,058 #319
1970 783 209 992 #334
1969 698 206 904 #339
1968 648 185 833 #348
1967 558 179 737 #389
1966 372 199 571 #482
1965 252 184 436 #614
1964 234 146 380 #667
1963 164 148 312 #810
1962 150 100 250 #863
1961 101 141 242 #1,093
1960 62 116 178 #1,399
1959 61 80 141 #1,372
1958 70 78 148 #1,270
1957 53 76 129 #1,460
1956 35 85 120 #1,805
1955 48 74 122 #1,468
1954 41 88 129 #1,591
1953 30 75 105 #1,837
1952 35 78 113 #1,649
1951 38 77 115 #1,533
1950 38 64 102 #1,501
1949 38 76 114 #1,492
1948 45 76 121 #1,374
1947 41 89 130 #1,465
1946 30 63 93 #1,621
1945 29 73 102 #1,525
1944 32 68 100 #1,438
1943 25 57 82 #1,714
1942 21 56 77 #1,866
1941 25 34 59 #1,579
1940 16 35 51 #2,043
1939 15 28 43 #2,132
1938 16 49 65 #2,037
1937 12 44 56 #2,471
1936 11 33 44 #2,540
1935 8 43 51 #3,179
1934 13 37 50 #2,309
1933 31 31
1932 13 37 50 #2,394
1931 58 58
1930 14 38 52 #2,325
1929 10 58 68 #2,960
1928 15 39 54 #2,300
1927 14 43 57 #2,462
1926 17 46 63 #2,177
1925 13 50 63 #2,648
1924 16 49 65 #2,324
1923 9 49 58 #3,378
1922 15 48 63 #2,403
1921 16 38 54 #2,292
1920 22 48 70 #1,828
1919 17 49 66 #2,082
1918 11 44 55 #2,852
1917 9 36 45 #3,122
1916 18 36 54 #1,887
1915 11 44 55 #2,557
1914 19 26 45 #1,494
1913 9 23 32 #2,189
1912 9 23 32 #2,007
1911 9 5 14 #1,684
1910 8 11 19 #1,807
1909 11 5 16 #1,313
1908 11 11
1907 8 8
1906 6 6 #1,765
1905 11 11 #1,186
1904 7 7
1903 6 9 15 #1,625
1902 5 5
1901 9 9
1900 10 10 20 #1,257
1899 8 8 16 #1,210
1898 5 7 12 #1,732
1897 8 6 14 #1,196
1896 5 8 13 #1,614
1895 8 7 15 #1,232
1894 8 8
1892 6 6 #1,327
1891 9 9
1890 6 6 #1,243
1889 11 11
1888 5 9 14 #1,309
1887 6 6 #1,078
1885 8 5 13 #819
1884 5 5
1883 7 7 #796
1882 5 5 #960
1881 6 6 #802