Kourtney
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KORT-nee
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #4,459 for girls
Kourtney is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “from Courtenay in France”. In 2025 it ranked 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
What does Kourtney mean?
French: spelling of Courtney, from a Norman place name
“from Courtenay in France”
Courtney comes from the Norman Courtenay family, later Earls of Devon, and was originally a boy's name.
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Is Kourtney a girl's or a boy's name?
Kourtney is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls and 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Kourtney in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 82 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kourtney in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kourtney in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 2015 | 45 | #887 |
| 2014 | 42 | #951 |
| 2013 | 68 | #651 |
| 2012 | 82 | #565 |
| 2011 | 55 | #748 |
| 2010 | 55 | #727 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1998 | 23 | #1,015 |
| 1997 | 17 | #1,227 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,621 |
How popular is Kourtney in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,459among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Kourtney, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,257th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 646 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964. 9 boys were also named Kourtney in 2025 (8,239th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kourtney than any year since 1973.
Half of all the girls named Kourtney in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 109 girls in the US were given Kourtney or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,599, up from #4,459 for this spelling alone.
- Courtney 78
- Kourtney 31
In 2025, 78% of the babies named Kourtney in the US were girls.
Kourtney in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,459 |
| 2023 | 52 | #3,140 |
| 2022 | 53 | #3,073 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,848 |
| 2020 | 79 | #2,257 |
| 2019 | 108 | #1,864 |
| 2018 | 90 | #2,113 |
| 2017 | 122 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 161 | #1,434 |
| 2015 | 236 | #1,095 |
| 2014 | 257 | #1,015 |
| 2013 | 304 | #853 |
| 2012 | 385 | #721 |
| 2011 | 431 | #658 |
| 2010 | 459 | #646 |
| 2009 | 334 | #839 |
| 2008 | 244 | #1,070 |
| 2007 | 159 | #1,468 |
| 2006 | 180 | #1,299 |
| 2005 | 191 | #1,198 |
| 2004 | 248 | #965 |
| 2003 | 254 | #925 |
| 2002 | 273 | #846 |
| 2001 | 319 | #750 |
| 2000 | 353 | #680 |
| 1999 | 403 | #604 |
| 1998 | 426 | #576 |
| 1997 | 549 | #459 |
| 1996 | 594 | #429 |
| 1995 | 559 | #455 |
| 1994 | 593 | #423 |
| 1993 | 542 | #465 |
| 1992 | 570 | #442 |
| 1991 | 565 | #450 |
| 1990 | 646 | #403 |
| 1989 | 439 | #528 |
| 1988 | 415 | #531 |
| 1987 | 293 | #643 |
| 1986 | 292 | #632 |
| 1985 | 215 | #781 |
| 1984 | 211 | #763 |
| 1983 | 176 | #866 |
| 1982 | 147 | #1,005 |
| 1981 | 149 | #982 |
| 1980 | 141 | #1,023 |
| 1979 | 96 | #1,301 |
| 1978 | 103 | #1,212 |
| 1977 | 76 | #1,451 |
| 1976 | 77 | #1,384 |
| 1975 | 71 | #1,447 |
| 1974 | 48 | #1,820 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
Names like Kourtney
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lacey Aubrey Jasmine Riley Molly Autumn Emily Lily Mia Erin Ivy Darcie
Other spellings of Kourtney
Names related to Kourtney
Cortney Courtny Kortney Kourtnee Kourtni Kourtnei Kourtnie Kortnee
More French names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kourtney: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kourtney, updated 20 October 2026.