Courtenay

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
Courtenay as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020
Courtenay as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2007—#5,201 (3)—
2006—#4,157 (4)—
2005#16,462 (5)#4,798 (3)—
2004—#4,598 (3)—
2003#13,844 (6)——
2002#7,816 (13)#2,540 (6)#2,283 (6)
2000—#1,688 (10)#1,976 (7)
1999#12,688 (6)#1,473 (12)—
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)—#937 (21)
1994#5,445 (17)—#1,663 (8)
1993#5,955 (15)—#1,077 (16)
1992#4,382 (23)—#1,092 (16)

Courtenay as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Courtenay as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020
Courtenay as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
1997—#2,022 (5)
1993#6,816 (7)—
1988#5,200 (8)—
1987#6,089 (6)—
1986#5,332 (7)—
1985#6,523 (5)—
1984#4,552 (8)—
1983#4,141 (9)—
1982#3,966 (10)—
1981#3,601 (11)—
1980#2,284 (22)—
1979#2,777 (16)—
1978#2,669 (16)—
1977#3,037 (13)—
1976#4,418 (7)—

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.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CourtenayCanadaGirls—too few
CourtenayEngland & WalesGirls—too few
CourtenayEngland & WalesBoys—too few
CourtenayNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CourtenayUSGirls—too few
CourtenayUSBoys—too few