Unisex name · since 1990
Courage
Since 1990, U.S. Social Security records show 268 babies named Courage, peaking in 2019. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #11,262 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,911 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 268
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Courage currently ranks #7911 among unisex names in America, with 268 babies recorded since 1990.
Courage has 268 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7911 as of the latest data, more common than 43% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #11,262 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,911 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 268 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Courage ranks #11,262 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,911 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 268 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,262 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,911 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 268
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Courage's 268 recorded births place it above 75.21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Courage compares
268 43rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Courage's all-time total is 27% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Courage | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 268 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Courage's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Courage splits its recorded history at 2012: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Courage popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Courage popularity over time - girls
62 total births recorded since 2008 (Courage as girls' name)
Courage by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (118 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Courage's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Courage births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 24
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
58 births
- 2010s
2010s
118 births
- 2020s
2020s
68 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 118 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Courage's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (118 total births) through the 2020s (68) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Courage: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Courage draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.