Courtnee — girls' name
1,627 babies named Courtnee in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Courtnee was born in this single decade.
128 babies were named Courtnee in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Courtnee
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,627 babies named Courtnee between 1974 and 2020, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Courtnee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 128 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Courtnee performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 767 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Courtnee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 126 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Courtnee in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Courtnee 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 1,627 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.
Courtnee at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Courtnee popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1974
- Peak year (1990)
- 128
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
1,627 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 128 births in a single year.
Courtnee popularity over time — boys
9 total births recorded since 1979 (Courtnee as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Courtnee accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Courtnee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 767 births that decade — 47% of Courtnee's all-time total
Courtnee decade highlights
- Peak decade 767 births
- Runner-up 389 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Courtnee's strongest decade
767 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Courtnee by state
Where Courtnee concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 126 | 7.7% |
| #2 | California | | 68 | 4.2% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 28 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 25 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 17 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #8 | New York | | 10 | 0.6% |
126 of 1,627 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.7% of nationwide
- California 4.2% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.7% of nationwide
- Florida 1.5% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 13 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Courtnee appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1974–2020 (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.