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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #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 1995

  • 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: #354 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,907 girlsWAIdaho: #226 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 931 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #238 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,387 girlsMNIllinois: #553 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,628 girlsILWisconsin: #199 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,130 girlsWIMichigan: #348 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,288 girlsMINew York: #810 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 6,325 girlsNYMassachusetts: #733 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,600 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedRIOregon: #543 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,249 girlsORNevada: #359 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,608 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedIAIndiana: #369 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,339 girlsINOhio: #203 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 1,175 girlsOHPennsylvania: #360 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,494 girlsPANew Jersey: #581 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,281 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #627 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 4,344 girlsCAUtah: #242 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,138 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedCONebraska: #309 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,667 girlsNEMissouri: #202 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,138 girlsMOKentucky: #179 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 935 girlsKYWest Virginia: #187 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 859 girlsWVVirginia: #518 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,788 girlsVAMaryland: #507 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,521 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedDEArizona: #656 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,898 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedNMKansas: #217 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,066 girlsKSArkansas: #256 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,289 girlsARTennessee: #242 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,395 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #349 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,251 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #344 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,046 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #264 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,306 girlsOKLouisiana: #396 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,197 girlsLAMississippi: #306 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,511 girlsMSAlabama: #270 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,482 girlsALGeorgia: #446 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,923 girlsGAHawaii: #258 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 879 girlsHITexas: #539 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 3,411 girlsTXFlorida: #456 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,915 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#179 · 1 in 935
  2. West Virginia#187 · 1 in 859
  3. Wisconsin#199 · 1 in 1,130
  4. Missouri#202 · 1 in 1,138
  5. Ohio#203 · 1 in 1,175

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#179211 in 935
West Virginia#18791 in 859
Wisconsin#199231 in 1,130
Missouri#202261 in 1,138
Ohio#203541 in 1,175
Kansas#217121 in 1,066
Idaho#22661 in 931
Minnesota#238181 in 1,387
Tennessee#242211 in 1,395
Utah#242131 in 1,138
Arkansas#25691 in 1,289
Hawaii#25851 in 879
Oklahoma#264121 in 1,306
Alabama#270141 in 1,482
Mississippi#30681 in 1,511
Nebraska#30951 in 1,667
South Carolina#34481 in 2,046
Michigan#348231 in 2,288
North Carolina#349171 in 2,251
Washington#354151 in 1,907
Nevada#35951 in 1,608
Pennsylvania#360251 in 2,494
Indiana#369141 in 2,339
Louisiana#396101 in 2,197
Georgia#446141 in 2,923
Florida#456251 in 2,915
Maryland#50771 in 3,521
Virginia#51891 in 3,788
Texas#539401 in 3,411
Oregon#54351 in 3,249
Illinois#553201 in 3,628
New Jersey#581101 in 4,281
California#627541 in 4,344
Arizona#65671 in 3,898
Massachusetts#73351 in 6,600
New York#810171 in 6,325
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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 1995

girls
#414
620 births · 1 in 2,836 girls
boys
#2,299
34 births · 1 in 55,991 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #414Cortney620

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #2,299Cortney34
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 2,836 of them was named Cortney, which outranked 97.4% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cortney
  1. #411Kyla625
  2. #412Tina624
  3. #413Tanya621
  4. #414Cortney620
  5. #414Precious620
  6. #414Taryn620
  7. #417Mariana619
  8. #418Carley618
  9. #418Jane618

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

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,718Iridian#7,604 → #886
  2. ↑ 2,689Daija#3,615 → #926
  3. ↑ 2,119Lyric#2,752 → #633
  4. ↑ 1,910Daja#2,877 → #967
  5. ↑ 1,602Shania#2,047 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,205Nohely#896 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,048Zana#802 → #1,850
  3. ↓ 869Kadijah#512 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 609Clarisa#664 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 514Dayana#751 → #1,265

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

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 55,991 of them was named Cortney, which outranked 77.7% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cortney
  1. #2,253Yakov35
  2. #2,253Zacchaeus35
  3. #2,253Zeth35
  4. #2,299Cortney34
  5. #2,299Barrington34
  6. #2,299Brigham34
  7. #2,299Camryn34
  8. #2,346Aakash33
  9. #2,346Ace33
  10. #2,346Adriano33

Tied with 46 names at #2,299; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,703Tristin#2,307 → #604
  2. ↑ 1,494Raekwon#2,082 → #588
  3. ↑ 1,357Tristian#2,219 → #862
  4. ↑ 1,269Triston#1,795 → #526
  5. ↑ 1,186Rashaan#2,123 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Shyheim#817 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 335Ryne#897 → #1,232
  3. ↓ 251Daulton#792 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 247Demetri#886 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 242Jerrell#917 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1995 →