Cortney
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to girls 84.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1990 · 1,261 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 16,923since 1963
Cortney over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | — | #7,262 | 11 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2017 | #6,808 | 17 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 | #5,058 | 18 |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 | #4,392 | 22 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 | #6,241 | 13 |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | #4,686 | 20 |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 | #3,792 | 27 |
| 2010 | #4,494 | 32 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #2,852 | 61 | #3,476 | 31 |
| 2008 | #3,584 | 45 | #3,421 | 32 |
| 2007 | #2,890 | 62 | #4,493 | 21 |
| 2006 | #2,186 | 88 | #4,865 | 18 |
| 2005 | #1,969 | 97 | #5,578 | 14 |
| 2004 | #1,573 | 125 | #3,735 | 24 |
| 2003 | #1,318 | 156 | #3,528 | 25 |
| 2002 | #1,363 | 142 | #4,502 | 17 |
| 2001 | #1,193 | 171 | #3,974 | 20 |
| 2000 | #825 | 273 | #4,204 | 18 |
| 1999 | #755 | 296 | #2,665 | 32 |
| 1998 | #646 | 357 | #2,651 | 31 |
| 1997 | #581 | 400 | #2,311 | 36 |
| 1996 | #510 | 467 | #2,679 | 28 |
| 1995 | #414 | 620 | #2,299 | 34 |
| 1994 | #423 | 593 | #2,219 | 36 |
| 1993 | #341 | 755 | #1,699 | 51 |
| 1992 | #320 | 854 | #1,697 | 50 |
| 1991 | #302 | 922 | #1,103 | 98 |
| 1990 | #226 | 1,261 | #930 | 123 |
| 1989 | #262 | 1,024 | #830 | 144 |
| 1988 | #265 | 953 | #767 | 151 |
| 1987 | #325 | 751 | #739 | 152 |
| 1986 | #315 | 758 | #775 | 137 |
| 1985 | #325 | 731 | #748 | 141 |
| 1984 | #370 | 618 | #766 | 128 |
| 1983 | #397 | 552 | #706 | 147 |
| 1982 | #394 | 584 | #766 | 131 |
| 1981 | #375 | 621 | #813 | 116 |
| 1980 | #459 | 462 | #729 | 144 |
| 1979 | #545 | 343 | #789 | 120 |
| 1978 | #521 | 355 | #778 | 117 |
| 1977 | #570 | 306 | #706 | 145 |
| 1976 | #541 | 322 | #911 | 83 |
| 1975 | #748 | 191 | #1,065 | 61 |
| 1974 | #793 | 171 | #1,290 | 43 |
| 1973 | #2,349 | 32 | #1,612 | 29 |
| 1972 | #2,093 | 37 | #1,721 | 26 |
| 1971 | #1,828 | 48 | #1,916 | 22 |
| 1970 | #2,307 | 33 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #2,254 | 32 | #1,570 | 27 |
| 1968 | #2,789 | 21 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | #2,030 | 15 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,685 | 10 | |
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| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
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| 1949 | — | #3,690 | 5 | |
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| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1963
The first year at least five girls were named Cortney! It came in at #6,592, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1963–1964, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 1,556 spots in 1974 (#2,349 → #793)
- Biggest drop: 368 spots in 2001 (#825 → #1,193)
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1990 at #226 (1,261 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1974–2000
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,506
- Highest: 1 in 1,506 girls born in 1990 were named Cortney (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 41.7% of all girls named Cortney (7,054) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2020
- Mostly girls until 2019, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 100 | #2,254 (1969) | #3,699 |
| 1970s | 1,838 | #521 (1978) | #1,230 |
| 1980s | 7,054 | #262 (1989) | #349 |
| 1990s | 6,525 | #226 (1990) | #452 |
| 2000s | 1,220 | #825 (2000) | #1,975 |
| 2010s | 170 | #4,494 (2010) | #6,922 |
| 2020s | 16 | #13,453 (2020) | #14,633 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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