Courtenay
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
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
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.
- Mellissapeak 1979
- Kelipeak 1979
- Melissapeak 1979
- Kellipeak 1970
- Ronicapeak 1977
- Stepheniepeak 1974
- Channonpeak 1971
- Danellepeak 1974
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.