Courtnei — girls' name
229 babies named Courtnei in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Courtnei was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Courtnei in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Courtnei
The Social Security Administration has registered 229 babies named Courtnei between 1980 and 2011, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Courtnei currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Courtnei performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 127 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Courtnei shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Courtnei 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 229 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.
Courtnei at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Courtnei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1980
- Peak year (1990)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
229 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 20 births in a single year.
Courtnei by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 127 births that decade — 55% of Courtnei's all-time total
Courtnei decade highlights
- Peak decade 127 births
- Runner-up 59 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Courtnei's strongest decade
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% 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, 1980–2011 (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.