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

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #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 1989

  • 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: #246 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,340 girlsWAIdaho: #164 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 734 girlsIDMontana: #152 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 598 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #264 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,768 girlsMNIllinois: #301 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 1,982 girlsILWisconsin: #270 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,831 girlsWIMichigan: #166 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 944 girlsMINew York: #430 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 2,828 girlsNYMassachusetts: #419 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,208 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedRIOregon: #379 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,295 girlsORNevada: #180 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 878 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedSDIowa: #181 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 991 girlsIAIndiana: #157 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 881 girlsINOhio: #169 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 998 girlsOHPennsylvania: #277 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,890 girlsPANew Jersey: #414 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,999 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #474 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 2,975 girlsCAUtah: #170 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 791 girlsUTColorado: #361 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,287 girlsCONebraska: #142 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 701 girlsNEMissouri: #219 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,355 girlsMOKentucky: #178 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,064 girlsKYWest Virginia: #146 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 733 girlsWVVirginia: #297 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,953 girlsVAMaryland: #202 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,319 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedDEArizona: #403 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,312 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedNMKansas: #151 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 744 girlsKSArkansas: #138 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 735 girlsARTennessee: #171 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,027 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #224 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,356 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #243 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,414 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #152 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 750 girlsOKLouisiana: #318 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,840 girlsLAMississippi: #176 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 856 girlsMSAlabama: #166 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 944 girlsALGeorgia: #194 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,101 girlsGAHawaii: #214 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 842 girlsHITexas: #310 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 1,853 girlsTXFlorida: #221 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 1,426 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#138 · 1 in 735
  2. Nebraska#142 · 1 in 701
  3. West Virginia#146 · 1 in 733
  4. Kansas#151 · 1 in 744
  5. Montana#152 · 1 in 598

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#138171 in 735
Nebraska#142131 in 701
West Virginia#146121 in 733
Kansas#151191 in 744
Montana#15261 in 598
Oklahoma#152231 in 750
Indiana#157391 in 881
Idaho#16471 in 734
Alabama#166241 in 944
Michigan#166641 in 944
Ohio#169701 in 998
Utah#170171 in 791
Tennessee#171291 in 1,027
Mississippi#176161 in 856
Kentucky#178201 in 1,064
Nevada#18071 in 878
Iowa#181161 in 991
Georgia#194381 in 1,101
Maryland#202211 in 1,319
Hawaii#21461 in 842
Missouri#219241 in 1,355
Florida#221541 in 1,426
North Carolina#224301 in 1,356
South Carolina#243141 in 1,414
Washington#246221 in 1,340
Minnesota#264161 in 1,768
Wisconsin#270161 in 1,831
Pennsylvania#277381 in 1,890
Virginia#297191 in 1,953
Illinois#301391 in 1,982
Texas#310721 in 1,853
Louisiana#318141 in 1,840
Colorado#36191 in 2,287
Oregon#37971 in 2,295
Arizona#403111 in 2,312
New Jersey#414161 in 2,999
Massachusetts#419121 in 3,208
New York#430421 in 2,828
California#474821 in 2,975
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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 1989

girls
#262
1,024 births · 1 in 1,800 girls
boys
#830
144 births · 1 in 13,895 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #262Cortney1,024

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #830Cortney144
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 1,800 of them was named Cortney, which outranked 98.2% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cortney
  1. #259Marisa1,036
  2. #260Ashton1,027
  3. #261Hilary1,026
  4. #262Cortney1,024
  5. #263Aimee1,012
  6. #263Jeanette1,012
  7. #265Shawna1,007
Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,523Audriana#10,386 → #863
  2. ↑ 7,504Martika#8,391 → #887
  3. ↑ 6,932Audrianna#7,691 → #759
  4. ↑ 3,972Elizabet#4,496 → #524
  5. ↑ 1,772Katherin#2,489 → #717
Fallers
  1. ↓ 539Diandra#905 → #1,444
  2. ↓ 524Taja#720 → #1,244
  3. ↓ 455Jonathan#999 → #1,454
  4. ↓ 445Katarina#960 → #1,405
  5. ↓ 397Caryn#816 → #1,213

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

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 13,895 of them was named Cortney, which outranked 91.0% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cortney
  1. #825Jerod145
  2. #825Laurence145
  3. #825Titus145
  4. #830Cortney144
  5. #830Chaim144
  6. #830Daquan144
  7. #830Hassan144
  8. #837Federico143
  9. #837Stephanie143
  10. #839Antione142

Tied with 6 names at #830; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,314Kiara#7,270 → #956
  2. ↑ 5,870Alexande#6,426 → #556
  3. ↑ 1,111Kwame#1,768 → #657
  4. ↑ 766Kadeem#1,467 → #701
  5. ↑ 684Hakeem#1,270 → #586
Fallers
  1. ↓ 839Long#819 → #1,658
  2. ↓ 337Darell#981 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 294Whitney#890 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 269Trevin#840 → #1,109
  5. ↓ 252Curt#850 → #1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1989 →