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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #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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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 1984

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedNHWashington: #432 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,984 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedIDMontana: #180 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 781 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #254 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,792 girlsMNIllinois: #492 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,822 girlsILWisconsin: #248 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,802 girlsWIMichigan: #277 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,879 girlsMINew York: #527 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 4,014 girlsNYMassachusetts: #539 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,583 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedORNevada: #208 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 935 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedSDIowa: #331 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,539 girlsIAIndiana: #248 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,514 girlsINOhio: #246 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 1,729 girlsOHPennsylvania: #317 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 2,195 girlsPANew Jersey: #389 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,795 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #545 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 3,852 girlsCAUtah: #407 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,489 girlsUTColorado: #273 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,664 girlsCONebraska: #226 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,301 girlsNEMissouri: #552 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,226 girlsMOKentucky: #213 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,219 girlsKYWest Virginia: #232 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,426 girlsWVVirginia: #348 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,614 girlsVAMaryland: #301 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,080 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedDEArizona: #589 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,221 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedKSArkansas: #214 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,161 girlsARTennessee: #225 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,372 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #279 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,794 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #303 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,879 girlsOKLouisiana: #457 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,075 girlsLAMississippi: #238 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,254 girlsMSAlabama: #371 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,393 girlsALGeorgia: #256 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,487 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedHITexas: #330 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 2,007 girlsTXFlorida: #467 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,426 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Montana#180 · 1 in 781
  2. Nevada#208 · 1 in 935
  3. Kentucky#213 · 1 in 1,219
  4. Arkansas#214 · 1 in 1,161
  5. Tennessee#225 · 1 in 1,372

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#18061 in 781
Nevada#20851 in 935
Kentucky#213181 in 1,219
Arkansas#214111 in 1,161
Tennessee#225201 in 1,372
Nebraska#22681 in 1,301
West Virginia#23271 in 1,426
Mississippi#238121 in 1,254
Ohio#246401 in 1,729
Indiana#248221 in 1,514
Wisconsin#248171 in 1,802
Minnesota#254161 in 1,792
Georgia#256241 in 1,487
Colorado#273131 in 1,664
Michigan#277301 in 1,879
North Carolina#279191 in 1,794
Maryland#301111 in 2,080
Oklahoma#303111 in 1,879
Pennsylvania#317311 in 2,195
Texas#330651 in 2,007
Iowa#33171 in 2,539
Virginia#348121 in 2,614
Alabama#37191 in 2,393
New Jersey#389141 in 2,795
Utah#40761 in 2,489
Washington#43291 in 2,984
Louisiana#457101 in 3,075
Florida#467181 in 3,426
Illinois#492191 in 3,822
New York#527261 in 4,014
Massachusetts#53961 in 5,583
California#545501 in 3,852
Missouri#55261 in 5,226
Arizona#58951 in 4,221
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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 1984

girls
#370
618 births · 1 in 2,725 girls
boys
#766
128 births · 1 in 14,100 boys

Top girls' names in 1984

  1. #1Jennifer50,564
  2. #2Jessica45,857
  3. #3Ashley38,773
  4. #4Amanda33,915
  5. #5Sarah25,887
  6. #6Stephanie23,025
  7. #7Nicole22,270
  8. #8Melissa21,896
  9. #9Heather21,489
  10. #10Elizabeth20,360
  11. #370Cortney618

Top boys' names in 1984

  1. #1Michael67,735
  2. #2Christopher60,021
  3. #3Matthew49,767
  4. #4Joshua40,266
  5. #5David38,492
  6. #6Daniel36,531
  7. #7James35,859
  8. #8John32,610
  9. #9Robert31,768
  10. #10Joseph30,513
  11. #766Cortney128
More about 1984

girls

1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 2,725 of them was named Cortney, which outranked 97.0% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cortney
  1. #367Aubrey623
  2. #367Jami623
  3. #369Patrice620
  4. #370Cortney618
  5. #371Elaine617
  6. #372Sally615
  7. #373Eileen614
Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,259Santana#9,015 → #756
  2. ↑ 2,419Tasia#3,151 → #732
  3. ↑ 2,198Teela#3,065 → #867
  4. ↑ 1,074Grisel#1,858 → #784
  5. ↑ 894Kaylee#1,715 → #821
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,856Dwan#874 → #2,730
  2. ↓ 720Toccara#937 → #1,657
  3. ↓ 713Kaleena#547 → #1,260
  4. ↓ 303Karie#1,000 → #1,303
  5. ↓ 300Karyn#820 → #1,120

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

boys

1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 14,100 of them was named Cortney, which outranked 89.6% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cortney
  1. #763Alphonso129
  2. #763Broderick129
  3. #763Tyree129
  4. #766Cortney128
  5. #766Mohammed128
  6. #768Mack127
  7. #769Jaron126
  8. #769Lukas126

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

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 958Ryne#1,562 → #604
  2. ↑ 472Rachel#1,448 → #976
  3. ↑ 399Zebulon#1,375 → #976
  4. ↑ 359Travon#1,327 → #968
  5. ↑ 347Mackenzie#1,347 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 741Trumaine#949 → #1,690
  2. ↓ 422Basil#1,000 → #1,422
  3. ↓ 240Alfonzo#1,000 → #1,240
  4. ↓ 208Jasen#804 → #1,012
  5. ↓ 205Woodrow#949 → #1,154

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

See the top 100 for 1984 →