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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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.
Where Cortney is popular in 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Nebraska#274 · 1 in 1,570
- Utah#328 · 1 in 1,953
- Wisconsin#384 · 1 in 3,433
- Arkansas#404 · 1 in 2,562
- Washington#414 · 1 in 2,806
Best ever in a state: #82 in Wyoming, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #274 | 6 | 1 in 1,570 |
| Utah | #328 | 6 | 1 in 1,953 |
| Wisconsin | #384 | 8 | 1 in 3,433 |
| Arkansas | #404 | 5 | 1 in 2,562 |
| Washington | #414 | 7 | 1 in 2,806 |
| Minnesota | #470 | 5 | 1 in 4,760 |
| Indiana | #535 | 7 | 1 in 4,986 |
| Pennsylvania | #602 | 11 | 1 in 6,077 |
| New Jersey | #681 | 6 | 1 in 6,268 |
| Texas | #694 | 17 | 1 in 5,614 |
| New York | #808 | 13 | 1 in 7,935 |
| Michigan | #824 | 6 | 1 in 9,504 |
| California | #848 | 17 | 1 in 8,037 |
| Ohio | #1,014 | 5 | 1 in 14,023 |
| Illinois | #1,137 | 5 | 1 in 13,943 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Cortney
- 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)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1990 at #226 (1,261 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1974–2000
- 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%)
- 41.7% of all girls named Cortney (7,054) were born in this decade
- 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.
Cortney in 1974
Top girls' names in 1974
Top boys' names in 1974
More about 1974
girls
1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 8,582 of them was named Cortney, which outranked 92.3% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 36,566 of them was named Cortney, which outranked 78.5% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,269Tavis44
- #1,269Wilford44
- #1,269Winfred44
- #1,290Cortney43
- #1,290Antwain43
- #1,290Bertram43
- #1,290Chirstopher43
- #1,311Benson42
- #1,311Brody42
- #1,311Cain42
Tied with 20 names at #1,290; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.