Courtland comes from the ModernAmerican / Multicultural tradition, meaning Short land.
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How popular is Courtland?
1996peak year
Today, Courtland is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #3334), with only about 40 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1996, 119 babies were given the name (ranked #1031 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. Courtland's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 4,069 babies have been registered as Courtland since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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