Kourtney
Kourtney Kardashian Barker is an American media personality, socialite and businesswoman. In 2007, she and her family began starring in the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Its success led to the creation of spin-offs including Kourtney and Kim Take Miami and Kourtney and Kim Take New York.
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Meaning & Origin of Kourtney
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kourtney Kardashian Barker is an American media personality, socialite and businesswoman. In 2007, she and her family began starring in the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Its success led to the creation of spin-offs including Kourtney and Kim Take Miami and Kourtney and Kim Take New York.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Kourtney
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Kourtney as a girl name dates back to 1964, when 5 babies received it. 1990 was its biggest year on record, with 646 newborns named Kourtney — #403 in the national rankings. About 39% of every Kourtney on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kourtney ranks #3,972 for girls with 37 births, falling sharply (-50%). All told, over 14K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Kourtney first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1971, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1990: 37 births, good for #2,011 nationwide. About 31% of every Kourtney on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Kourtney last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 831 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Kourtney
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About the name Kourtney
Kourtney is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1964 and has accumulated 14K births in the dataset. Kourtney's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #403. Use the chart and map above to compare Kourtney's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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