How popular is the name Courtney?

Courtney ranks 158th among girls' names in US records, with 305,857 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,095.

Is Courtney a unisex name?

No. Courtney is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1990, when 16,683 children were given the name. It has been in use for 144 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Kourtney, Courtnee. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#158 of girl names

Pronounced K AO1 R T N IY0 (ARPABET)

Courtney is a girls' name, and first appears in 1881. It has been given to 305,857 children — the 158th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 79% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1990, when 16,683 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Kourtney and Courtnee — because they are pronounced identically.

1990Girls: 16,683Boys: 712

These spellings sound identical to Courtney and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Courtney?: Courtney ranks 158th among girls' names in US records, with 305,857 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,095.
Is Courtney a unisex name?: No. Courtney is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Courtney most popular?: 1990, when 16,683 children were given the name. It has been in use for 144 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Courtney spelled?: Kourtney, Courtnee. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.