Courtenay peaked in the US in 1966 at #1,320, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Courtenay as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Canada
2007
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#5,201 (3)
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2006
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#4,157 (4)
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2005
#16,462 (5)
#4,798 (3)
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2004
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#4,598 (3)
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2003
#13,844 (6)
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2002
#7,816 (13)
#2,540 (6)
#2,283 (6)
2000
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#1,688 (10)
#1,976 (7)
1999
#12,688 (6)
#1,473 (12)
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1998
#6,719 (14)
#1,076 (19)
#1,450 (11)
1997
#6,483 (14)
#1,287 (14)
#1,558 (10)
1996
#6,392 (14)
#1,222 (15)
#1,226 (14)
1995
#4,518 (22)
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#937 (21)
1994
#5,445 (17)
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#1,663 (8)
1993
#5,955 (15)
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#1,077 (16)
1992
#4,382 (23)
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#1,092 (16)
Courtenay as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
1997
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#2,022 (5)
1993
#6,816 (7)
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1988
#5,200 (8)
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1987
#6,089 (6)
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1986
#5,332 (7)
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1985
#6,523 (5)
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1984
#4,552 (8)
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1983
#4,141 (9)
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1982
#3,966 (10)
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1981
#3,601 (11)
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1980
#2,284 (22)
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1979
#2,777 (16)
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1978
#2,669 (16)
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1977
#3,037 (13)
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1976
#4,418 (7)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1966 at #1,320.
First recorded in the US in 1925.
In 1993, 68% of US babies named Courtenay were girls.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.