Court
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KORT
- Origin
- English
Court is a boys' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Court come from?
English: short form of Courtney or Courtland, or the English word court
Is Court a girl's or a boy's name?
Court is a boys' name.
How popular is Court in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1959, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1924.
Half of all the boys named Court in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Court in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,309 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 15 | #2,110 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
Names like Court
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Colt, Clark, Clay, Jett, Case, Coast, Wyatt, Chase, Cal, Chance, Cole, Cade
Names related to Court
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Court: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/court, updated 20 October 2026.