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How popular is the name Courtenay?
Births per year, rank history and how many Courtenays are alive today.
Courtenay (female) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2007 (ranked 5201st); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 1998, when 19 babies were given the name, the 1076th most popular that year.
The Courtenay you are most likely to meet is around 29 years old. Half of all Courtenays born in England and Wales are between 27 and 35, and there are at least 210 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Courtenay - on average, only one in every 1,500 such rooms contains a Courtenay.
How many babies are named Courtenay each year?
Where does Courtenay rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Courtenay most popular?
Courtenay peaked in 1998, when 19 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Courtenay?
At least 210 people named Courtenay born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Courtenay?
Most living Courtenays are between 27 and 35; the most common age is about 29.
Is Courtenay becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.