Courtlyn — #9786 US girls' name
846 babies named Courtlyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Courtlyn was born in this single decade.
38 babies were named Courtlyn in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Courtlyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 846 babies named Courtlyn between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Courtlyn currently holds the #9786 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 38 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Courtlyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 274 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Courtlyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 85 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Courtlyn in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Courtlyn 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 846 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.
Courtlyn at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Courtlyn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (1998)
- 38
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #9786 among girls.
846 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 38 births in a single year.
Courtlyn popularity over time — boys
16 total births recorded since 2001 (Courtlyn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Courtlyn accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Courtlyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 274 births that decade — 32% of Courtlyn's all-time total
Courtlyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 274 births
- Runner-up 254 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Courtlyn's strongest decade
274 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Courtlyn by state
Where Courtlyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 85 | 10.0% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 37 | 4.4% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 11 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 7 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.6% |
85 of 846 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 10.0% of nationwide
- Louisiana 4.4% of nationwide
- Alabama 1.3% of nationwide
- Tennessee 0.8% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 10.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1990–2024 (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.