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How popular is “Courtenay” in the USA?

Number of people named “Courtenay” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Courtenay” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Courtenay” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Courtenay” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Courtenay” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Courtenay” by birth year

This chart shows how “Courtenay” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1915 6 0.000003274 6 -100%
1921 5 0.000002142 5 -100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 100%
1947 11 0.000003054 6 5 9%
1948 9 0.000002607 9 100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 -100%
1950 13 0.000003711 8 5 23%
1951 7 0.0000019 7 100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 100%
1964 17 0.000004373 12 5 41%
1965 27 0.000007447 27 100%
1966 78 0.000022442 67 11 72%
1967 36 0.000010604 29 7 61%
1968 49 0.000014504 41 8 67%
1969 31 0.00000892 31 100%
1970 41 0.000011368 34 7 66%
1971 40 0.000011654 34 6 70%
1972 24 0.000007636 24 100%
1973 35 0.000011601 24 11 37%
1974 49 0.000016118 37 12 51%
1975 45 0.000014904 37 8 64%
1976 53 0.000017467 46 7 74%
1977 43 0.000013537 30 13 40%
1978 62 0.000019535 46 16 48%
1979 63 0.000018936 47 16 49%
1980 73 0.000021193 51 22 40%
1981 41 0.000011852 30 11 46%
1982 47 0.000013398 37 10 57%
1983 35 0.000010106 26 9 49%
1984 40 0.000011465 32 8 60%
1985 32 0.000008966 27 5 69%
1986 38 0.000010683 31 7 63%
1987 29 0.000008043 23 6 59%
1988 36 0.000009743 28 8 56%
1989 39 0.000010145 39 100%
1990 35 0.000008855 35 100%
1991 34 0.000008729 34 100%
1992 23 0.000005988 23 100%
1993 22 0.000005835 15 7 36%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 100%
1995 22 0.000006007 22 100%
1996 14 0.000003839 14 100%
1997 14 0.000003861 14 100%
1998 14 0.000003806 14 100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 100%
2002 13 0.000003478 13 100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 100%

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