Court — #9070 US boys' name
333 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.
More common than 36% of names given to boys today.
19% of everyone ever named Court was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Court in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Court
The Social Security Administration has registered 333 babies named Court between 1924 and 2024, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Court currently holds the #9070 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Court performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Court shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Court in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 333 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Court at a glance
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Current rank
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Court popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1924
- Peak year (1959)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 101 years of records
Currently ranks #9070 among boys.
333 total births across 101 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 15 births in a single year.
Court by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 63 births that decade — 19% of Court's all-time total
Court decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Court's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1924–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.