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Courtenay

girls’ name · 83%boys’ name · 17%FadedCompare

Courtenay is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
196667 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1925
1,435people given the name
Babies named Courtenay, by year of birthgirlsboys
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,189 girls have been named Courtenay in the United States since 1925, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1966, with 67 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 67 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1978, and the 1970s alone account for 30%.

Courtenay is used for both sexes: 17% of its bearers are boys (246), most of them born around 1980.

By decade

Decadegirls named Courtenay
1920s5
1940s32
1950s32
1960s219
1970s359
1980s324
1990s194
2000s24

In 1966, its biggest year

Courtenay was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1966 were Lisa, Kimberly, Mary, Michelle and Karen. See all of 1966.

Names that rose and fell with Courtenay

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.