Girls' name · since 1974
Kourtni
Kourtni has 818 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,600 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 818
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kourtni is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 818 have been recorded since 1974.
Kourtni has 818 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2023.
- #8,600 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 818 born since 1974
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kourtni ranks #8,600 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 818 born since 1974, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,600 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 818
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kourtni's 818 recorded births place it above 88.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
Kourtni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kourtni splits its recorded history at 2000: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 83 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kourtni popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2023
- Peak year (1990)
- 83
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Kourtni by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (354 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Kourtni's strongest decade.
354 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Kourtni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 134
1980s
134 births
- 1990s
1990s
354 births
- 2000s
2000s
162 births
- 2010s 128
2010s
128 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 354 births (43% of all-time use).
How Kourtni compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kourtni's total volume
Kourtni by state
Where Kourtni concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 28 | 3.4% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 8 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Florida | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.6% |
28 of 818 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Kourtni appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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- Kourtni's decade-level peak was the 1990s (354 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Kourtnis (28 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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 Kourtni: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1974–2023 (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 Kourtni 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.