girl's name

Courteney

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 9
  • Births on record 2,121

Northern Ireland

#265

2000 births

Courteney is a girl's name. In 2008 it was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1995, when 170 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1968.

Courteney over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2008, not a full ten years.

575
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Courteney by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 5
1970s 53
1980s 311
1990s 575
2000s (to 2008) 185

How popular is Courteney?

In 2008, Courteney was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Courteney is used

Northern Ireland #265 5 in 2000
Scotland #682 3 in 2001
Ireland #717 3 in 2003
Canada #1,889 8 in 1999
France #4,414 5 in 2001
England & Wales #6,679 3 in 2010
United States #11,103 10 in 2008

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Courteney

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Courteney also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Courteney over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Courteney

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Courteney — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Courteney

How popular is the name Courteney?

In 2008, Courteney was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Courteney a girl's or a boy's name?

Courteney is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Courteney most popular?

Courteney peaked in 1995, when 170 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.