Courage
Mostly boys · KUR-ij · English
Courage is a name of English origin, meaning “courage, bravery”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Courage mean?
English: English word
“courage, bravery”
From Old French corage, from Latin cor, 'heart'.
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Is Courage a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Courage has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Courage in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Courage, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had fewer boys named Courage than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Courage in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Courage in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
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