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Courteney

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Courteney 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
1995170 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1968
1,124people given the name
Babies named Courteney, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,124 girls have been named Courteney in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1995, with 170 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 170 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 1990s alone account for 51%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Courteney
1960s5
1970s53
1980s306
1990s575
2000s185

In 1995, its biggest year

Courteney was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1995 were Jessica, Ashley, Emily, Samantha and Sarah. See all of 1995.

Names that rose and fell with Courteney

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.