Girls' name · since 1980
Courteny
Courteny has 63 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,263 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 63
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
63 girls have been named Courteny since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Courteny has been recorded 63 times among girls since 1980, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2000.
- #32,263 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 63 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Courteny ranks #32,263 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 63 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #32,263 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 63
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Courteny's 63 recorded births place it above 55.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Courteny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Courteny's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1985, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1980 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Courteny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2000
- Peak year (1980)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Courteny by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (29 births, 46% of the file).
1990s was Courteny's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Courteny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
28 births
- 1990s
1990s
29 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 29 births (46% of all-time use).
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What to do with Courteny's data
- Courteny's decade-level peak was the 1990s (29 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Courteny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1980–2000 (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 Courteny 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.