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

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Peak · girls
1990 · 1,261 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,923
since 1963

Cortney over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201982peak #226, 1990peak #706, 1983girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#9,7147
2024—#12,3495
2023#15,1945#6,51713
2022—#7,26211
2021#15,2515#9,7147
2020#13,4536#8,0679
2019#10,4739#8,8898
2018—#6,03614
2017#6,80817#8,1409
2016#8,39313#4,94319
2015#7,61315#5,05818
2014#6,71318#4,39222
2013#6,01721#6,24113
2012#6,57619#4,68620
2011#5,20726#3,79227
2010#4,49432#5,74115
2009#2,85261#3,47631
2008#3,58445#3,42132
2007#2,89062#4,49321
2006#2,18688#4,86518
2005#1,96997#5,57814
2004#1,573125#3,73524
2003#1,318156#3,52825
2002#1,363142#4,50217
2001#1,193171#3,97420
2000#825273#4,20418
1999#755296#2,66532
1998#646357#2,65131
1997#581400#2,31136
1996#510467#2,67928
1995#414620#2,29934
1994#423593#2,21936
1993#341755#1,69951
1992#320854#1,69750
1991#302922#1,10398
1990#2261,261#930123
1989#2621,024#830144
1988#265953#767151
1987#325751#739152
1986#315758#775137
1985#325731#748141
1984#370618#766128
1983#397552#706147
1982#394584#766131
1981#375621#813116
1980#459462#729144
1979#545343#789120
1978#521355#778117
1977#570306#706145
1976#541322#91183
1975#748191#1,06561
1974#793171#1,29043
1973#2,34932#1,61229
1972#2,09337#1,72126
1971#1,82848#1,91622
1970#2,30733#2,39915
1969#2,25432#1,57027
1968#2,78921#1,89418
1967#3,21116#2,03015
1966#3,14816#2,46511
1965#4,20210#2,36612
1964—#2,40912
1963#6,5925#2,41412
1962—#2,36412
1961—#2,9009
1960—#2,68510
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1954—#3,8275
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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.

Where Cortney is popular in 1982

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedAKMaine: #228 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,248 girlsMEVermont: #114 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 463 girlsVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedNHWashington: #329 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,965 girlsWAIdaho: #235 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,145 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedMNIllinois: #408 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 2,863 girlsILWisconsin: #287 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,095 girlsWIMichigan: #235 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,557 girlsMINew York: #539 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 3,952 girlsNYMassachusetts: #461 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,071 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedRIOregon: #369 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,334 girlsORNevada: #212 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 954 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedSDIowa: #308 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,352 girlsIAIndiana: #307 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,199 girlsINOhio: #246 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 1,743 girlsOHPennsylvania: #260 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 1,705 girlsPANew Jersey: #430 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,189 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #556 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 3,870 girlsCAUtah: #274 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,491 girlsUTColorado: #455 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,150 girlsCONebraska: #199 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,076 girlsNEMissouri: #376 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,926 girlsMOKentucky: #337 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,639 girlsKYWest Virginia: #232 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,414 girlsWVVirginia: #420 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,422 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedNMKansas: #383 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,586 girlsKSArkansas: #221 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,276 girlsARTennessee: #288 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,871 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #330 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,280 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #504 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,578 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #301 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,881 girlsOKLouisiana: #322 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,864 girlsLAMississippi: #302 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,598 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedALGeorgia: #360 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,325 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedHITexas: #465 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 3,093 girlsTXFlorida: #452 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,150 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Vermont#114 · 1 in 463
  2. Nebraska#199 · 1 in 1,076
  3. Nevada#212 · 1 in 954
  4. Arkansas#221 · 1 in 1,276
  5. Maine#228 · 1 in 1,248

Best ever in a state: #82 in Wyoming, 1988.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Vermont#11461 in 463
Nebraska#199101 in 1,076
Nevada#21251 in 954
Arkansas#221101 in 1,276
Maine#22851 in 1,248
West Virginia#23281 in 1,414
Idaho#23561 in 1,145
Michigan#235371 in 1,557
Ohio#246411 in 1,743
Pennsylvania#260411 in 1,705
Utah#274111 in 1,491
Wisconsin#287151 in 2,095
Tennessee#288151 in 1,871
Oklahoma#301121 in 1,881
Mississippi#302101 in 1,598
Indiana#307161 in 2,199
Iowa#30881 in 2,352
Louisiana#322171 in 1,864
Washington#329141 in 1,965
North Carolina#330151 in 2,280
Kentucky#33791 in 2,639
Georgia#360151 in 2,325
Oregon#36971 in 2,334
Missouri#376111 in 2,926
Kansas#38361 in 2,586
Illinois#408261 in 2,863
Virginia#42091 in 3,422
New Jersey#430121 in 3,189
Florida#452181 in 3,150
Colorado#45571 in 3,150
Massachusetts#46181 in 4,071
Texas#465421 in 3,093
South Carolina#50451 in 3,578
New York#539261 in 3,952
California#556481 in 3,870
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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
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s100#2,254 (1969)#3,699
1970s1,838#521 (1978)#1,230
1980s7,054#262 (1989)#349
1990s6,525#226 (1990)#452
2000s1,220#825 (2000)#1,975
2010s170#4,494 (2010)#6,922
2020s16#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 1982

girls
#394
584 births · 1 in 2,900 girls
boys
#766
131 births · 1 in 13,851 boys

Top girls' names in 1982

  1. #1Jennifer57,120
  2. #2Jessica45,453
  3. #3Amanda34,214
  4. #4Sarah28,483
  5. #5Melissa25,864
  6. #6Nicole21,706
  7. #7Stephanie20,861
  8. #8Elizabeth20,506
  9. #9Crystal19,099
  10. #10Amy18,799
  11. #394Cortney584

Top boys' names in 1982

  1. #1Michael68,216
  2. #2Christopher59,223
  3. #3Matthew46,045
  4. #4Jason40,628
  5. #5David40,453
  6. #6James38,874
  7. #7Joshua38,004
  8. #8John34,698
  9. #9Robert34,409
  10. #10Daniel32,652
  11. #766Cortney131
More about 1982

girls

1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 2,900 of them was named Cortney, which outranked 96.8% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cortney
  1. #391Corinne589
  2. #392Joni588
  3. #393Paige587
  4. #394Cortney584
  5. #394Ariel584
  6. #394Darlene584
  7. #394Eileen584
  8. #398Ericka583
  9. #399Kristal582
  10. #399Marilyn582

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,715Kaleena#2,375 → #660
  2. ↑ 1,197Kala#1,958 → #761
  3. ↑ 1,094Chelsie#2,028 → #934
  4. ↑ 1,081Tenika#2,028 → #947
  5. ↑ 1,044Falon#1,958 → #914
Fallers
  1. ↓ 538Evita#779 → #1,317
  2. ↓ 517Martine#791 → #1,308
  3. ↓ 473Dusty#720 → #1,193
  4. ↓ 470Regan#991 → #1,461
  5. ↓ 401Windy#998 → #1,399

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 13,851 of them was named Cortney, which outranked 89.6% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cortney
  1. #762Nicholaus133
  2. #764Junior132
  3. #764Michel132
  4. #766Cortney131
  5. #766Ezekiel131
  6. #766Jordon131
  7. #766Mikel131
  8. #774Darrick130
  9. #774Jeramie130
  10. #774Willard130

Tied with 7 names at #766; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,958Colt#2,418 → #460
  2. ↑ 730Eliot#1,695 → #965
  3. ↑ 532Colton#1,334 → #802
  4. ↑ 478Kiel#1,101 → #623
  5. ↑ 416Eugenio#1,411 → #995
Fallers
  1. ↓ 309Marchello#841 → #1,150
  2. ↓ 237Carmen#851 → #1,088
  3. ↓ 234Claudio#976 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 224Irvin#826 → #1,050
  5. ↓ 222Jeramiah#971 → #1,193

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1982 →