Courtenay

Girl · recorded 1925–2005

  • 2005last recorded
  • 1966best year

Most popular in 1966.

Last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Courtenay.

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Its story

Popularity since 1925

0204019251945196519852005

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 52 recorded years as a table
Courtenay, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19254
19425
19454
19463
19473
19485
19505
19514
19553
19583
19592
19613
19623
19646
196515
196640
196718
196825
196918
197019
197120
197216
197316
197425
197525
197631
197720
197830
197929
198031
198118
198222
198316
198419
198516
198618
198713
198816
198921
199018
199118
199212
19938
199410
199513
19968
19978
19988
19993
20027
20033
20053

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Courtenay isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2005
5
Rank in 2005
#16,462
How rare
1 in 369,568 girls
Since 1925
1,189

Courtenay was last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1966, at 40 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Courtenay doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.