# Courtney (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/courtney/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “short” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɔː(ɹ)tni/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Cotney, Kourtney, Courteney |
| US babies named this | 281,432 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 23,033 / 258,399 (92% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 23,595, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Courtenay, an aristocratic Norman surname derived from place names in Normandy, from Latin Curtenus, a personal name from curtus (“short”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 753 | 418 |
| 2012 | 639 | 481 |
| 2013 | 558 | 534 |
| 2014 | 419 | 679 |
| 2015 | 374 | 754 |
| 2016 | 349 | 822 |
| 2017 | 277 | 954 |
| 2018 | 202 | 1,187 |
| 2019 | 190 | 1,234 |
| 2020 | 157 | 1,392 |
| 2021 | 123 | 1,684 |
| 2022 | 121 | 1,721 |
| 2023 | 105 | 1,891 |
| 2024 | 99 | 1,983 |
| 2025 | 78 | 2,335 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 129 | 1,321 |
| 2012 | 137 | 1,280 |
| 2013 | 123 | 1,370 |
| 2014 | 132 | 1,323 |
| 2015 | 111 | 1,496 |
| 2016 | 110 | 1,524 |
| 2017 | 82 | 1,821 |
| 2018 | 77 | 1,924 |
| 2019 | 52 | 2,531 |
| 2020 | 62 | 2,214 |
| 2021 | 54 | 2,470 |
| 2022 | 57 | 2,444 |
| 2023 | 38 | 3,187 |
| 2024 | 38 | 3,174 |
| 2025 | 38 | 3,141 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 325 | 161 |
| 2012 | 190 | 261 |
| 2013 | 152 | 306 |
| 2014 | 109 | 399 |
| 2015 | 95 | 455 |
| 2016 | 80 | 529 |
| 2017 | 58 | 701 |
| 2018 | 54 | 729 |
| 2019 | 36 | 980 |
| 2020 | 31 | 1,065 |
| 2021 | 21 | 1,454 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1,416 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,410 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,894 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,278 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 9 | 2,023 |
| 2008 | 7 | 2,507 |
| 2009 | 10 | 1,981 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 考特尼, 考特妮

## People named Courtney

- Courtney Love, American rock musician (born 1964)
- Courtney Thorne-Smith, American actress
- Courtney B. Vance, American actor
- Courtney Eaton, Australian actress and model (born 1996)
- Courtney Lee, American basketball player (born 1985)
- Courtney Ford, American actress
- Courtney Frerichs, American athletics competitor
- Courtney Okolo, American athletics competitor
- Courtney Henggeler, American actress
- Courtney Gains, American actor
- Courtney Stodden, American model, singer, songwriter, reality television personality
- Courtney Hurley, American fencer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.