Boys' name · since 1924
Court
334 babies named Court in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,013 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 334
- born since 1924
- 1960s
- peak decade
Court sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 334 recorded since 1924.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Court has been recorded 334 times among boys since 1924, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 2024.
- #10,013 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 334 born since 1924
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Court ranks #10,013 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 334 born since 1924, peaking in the 1960s.
- #10,013 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 334
- born since 1924
- 1960s
- peak decade
Court's 334 recorded births place it above 77.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Court's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Court's SSA record in two at 1980 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1947, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1959 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Court popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–2024
- Peak year (1959)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 101 years of records
Court by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (63 births, 19% of the file).
1960s was Court's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Court births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 7
1920s
7 births
- 1940s 16
1940s
16 births
- 1950s
1950s
49 births
- 1960s
1960s
63 births
- 1970s
1970s
34 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
48 births
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
- 2020s
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 63 births (19% of all-time use).
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- Court's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (63 total births) through the 2020s (30) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Court: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~100 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, 1924–2024 (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 Court 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.