Courtney

A girls’ name of Old French origin, meaning short nose; from the court.

Babies a year
358
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2278
12 babies

How Courtney has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2017. Lower is more popular.
#676#853#1029201520162017#951

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YearUS rank
2015#754
2016#826
2017#951

Courtney by the numbers

In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Courtney. In the US, 358 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 15,379 babies in 1990, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Courtney. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Cortneyfrom the court; a form of Courtney26 in the US (2017)
  • Courtneea form of Courtney; from the court5 in the US (2017)
  • Courteneyshort nose; a form of Courtney
  • Courtniea form of Courtney; from the court5 in the US (2017)
  • Courtlyn20 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Courtney

Names that are said the same way as Courtney, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kourtneyfrom the royal court; respelling of Courtney127 in the US (2017)
  • Kortneyshort nose; a form of Courtney12 in the US (2017)
  • Kourtneeshort nose; modern spelling of Courtney8 in the US (2017)
  • Kourtnei7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Courtney

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