Courtenay
Courtenay was last recorded in 2005, when 5 babies were given it; 1,435 Americans have been recorded with it between 1915 and 2005 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,310 Americans named Courtenay and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 47 years old and half are between 40 and 55.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Courtenay by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Courtenay mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Courtenay is “a female given name.” Its etymology gives the sense “short” (curtus).
From Latin Curtenus, from curtus (“short”), via Norman.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Courtenay?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #17,068, in 2005; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
78 babies in 1966, the peak
Courtenay peaked in 1966, when 78 babies were given it (67 girls, #1,324 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | #17,068 | under 5 | |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,257 | under 5 | |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,922 | under 5 | |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,037 | under 5 | |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,783 | under 5 | |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,557 | under 5 | |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,467 | under 5 | |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,553 | under 5 | |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,489 | under 5 | |
| 1993 | 15 | #6,011 | 7 | #6,948 |
Every recorded year (55)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 23 | #4,399 | under 5 | |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,222 | under 5 | |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,168 | under 5 | |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,816 | under 5 | |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,406 | 8 | #5,281 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,765 | 6 | #6,251 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,988 | 7 | #5,438 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,262 | 5 | #6,722 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,789 | 8 | #4,637 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,167 | 9 | #4,199 |
| 1982 | 37 | #2,540 | 10 | #4,008 |
| 1981 | 30 | #2,938 | 11 | #3,648 |
| 1980 | 51 | #2,047 | 22 | #2,292 |
| 1979 | 47 | #2,117 | 16 | #2,798 |
| 1978 | 46 | #2,060 | 16 | #2,690 |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,727 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,939 | 7 | #4,529 |
| 1975 | 37 | #2,240 | 8 | #4,017 |
| 1974 | 37 | #2,182 | 12 | #2,982 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,844 | 11 | #3,050 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,830 | under 5 | |
| 1971 | 34 | #2,301 | 6 | #4,491 |
| 1970 | 34 | #2,276 | 7 | #3,916 |
| 1969 | 31 | #2,304 | under 5 | |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,859 | 8 | #3,156 |
| 1967 | 29 | #2,224 | 7 | #3,309 |
| 1966 | 67 | #1,324 | 11 | #2,500 |
| 1965 | 27 | #2,305 | under 5 | |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,912 | 5 | #4,157 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,986 | under 5 | |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,957 | under 5 | |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,439 | under 5 | |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,989 | under 5 | |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,992 | under 5 | |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,455 | under 5 | |
| 1950 | 8 | #4,022 | 5 | #3,782 |
| 1949 | under 5 | 5 | #3,792 | |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,644 | under 5 | |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,852 | 5 | #3,831 |
| 1946 | 5 | #5,092 | under 5 | |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,682 | under 5 | |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,807 | under 5 | |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,126 | under 5 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 5 | #4,481 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 6 | #3,484 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Courtenay a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,435 Americans recorded as Courtenay, 83% are girls and 17% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Courtenay: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Courtenay, and how old are they?
1,310 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 1,435 Americans ever recorded as Courtenay. The median Courtenay alive today is 47 years old; half are between 40 and 55.
The 2020 Census counted 1,461 people named Courtenay (1,193 women and girls, 268 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,343 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 6 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 71 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 691 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 487 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 57 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 285,122 babies since 1880, Courtenay is the second most given (<1% of them). In 2025 none of their 116 babies recorded by SSA was a Courtenay (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Courtenay
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1910-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Demetrice | 3,411 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Courtenay and names like it
- Compare Courtenay and CourtneyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sCourtenay peaked in 1966.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Courtenay since 1910.
- The top names of 1966The year the most babies were named Courtenay.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Courtenay alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with CMost given first.