Courtney

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Courtney is a unisex given name that is a transferred use of the Norman French surname and place name Courtenay, meaning "domain of Curtius". Courtenay was used as a given name for men beginning in the 17th century.

From Wikipedia

Courtney first appears in the data in 1983 and has been recorded in 26 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1994 with 607 babies (rank #9 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Courtney

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Courtney yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

8,082
Total babies (all years)
26
Years in the data
607
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
198347#108
1984176#68
1985194#57
1986252#46
1987387#26
1988288#33
1989340#28
1990343#31
1991402#24
1992409#24
1993468#15
1994607#9
1995603#9
1996606#7
1997604#9
1998545#9
1999456#15
2000411#19
2001281#33
2002248#41
2003199#52
2004162#69
200546#113
20153#444
20161#1,298
20173#435