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How popular is the name Courtney?
Births per year, rank history and how many Courtneys are alive today.
Courtney (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 12 in 2025, ranked 2278th. This spelling of the name peaked in 1998, when 3,251 babies were given the name, the 17th most popular that year. It has declined since 1998; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 24,000 babies have been named Courtney in England and Wales since 1994. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Courtney is one spelling of a name also recorded as Kourtney; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Courtney you are most likely to meet is around 28 years old. Half of all Courtneys born in England and Wales are between 23 and 29, and there are at least 29,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly an 8.8% chance that at least one of them will be called Courtney.
How many babies are named Courtney each year?
Includes all spellings: Courtney, Kourtney. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Courtney spelling rank?
Where does the Kourtney spelling rank?
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 Courtney most popular?
Courtney peaked in 1998, when 3,272 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Courtney?
At least 29,000 people named Courtney in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Courtney?
Most living Courtneys are between 23 and 29; the most common age is about 28.
Is Courtney becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1998 peak.