Kourtney

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Kourtney Kardashian

American media personality, model and businesswoman (born 1979)

Choose Kourtney and your child shares a first name with Kourtney Kardashian, an American media personality, model and businesswoman. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Kourtney, like who?” Kourtney Kardashian's Wikipedia article is available in 57 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 51,813 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Kourtney, 31 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Kourtney would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryKourtney first shows up in US birth records in 1964, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 61 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1990, when it ranked #403. Today it's #4,460, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowKourtney was 10× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 5,144 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 51,813.
• 🍂TrendKourtney has slipped 2,203 places over the last five years and now sits at #4,460. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• ⚖️Boy or girlKourtney is given to both boys and girls: 78% of the 40 babies named Kourtney in 2025 were girls. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningKourtney is an English form of Courtney, which means “short nose”. Our records link it to American, English and French roots.

About the name Kourtney

Kourtney is a gender-neutral name of American, English and French origin meaning “short nose”. It has 8 letters and 2 syllables, starting with K and ending in “-ney”. US birth records list Kourtney for girls from 1964 to 2025, in 61 of those 62 years. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked #403 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #4,460, with 31 babies. Of the 40 US babies named Kourtney in 2025, 78% were girls and 23% were boys.

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