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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #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 2000

  • 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: #882 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,873 girlsWAIdaho: #265 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,013 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #617 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,272 girlsMNIllinois: #1,099 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,905 girlsILWisconsin: #514 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,187 girlsWIMichigan: #722 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,203 girlsMINew York: #1,074 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,369 girlsNYMassachusetts: #751 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,281 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedNVWyoming: 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: #509 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,028 girlsINOhio: #498 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,444 girlsOHPennsylvania: #525 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,629 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,535 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 14,922 girlsCAUtah: #293 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,311 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedNEMissouri: #550 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,678 girlsMOKentucky: #470 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,923 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedWVVirginia: #649 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,441 girlsVAMaryland: #647 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,100 girlsMDDelaware: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedARTennessee: #536 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,462 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #616 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,099 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #617 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,355 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedALGeorgia: #886 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,007 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedHITexas: #1,261 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 10,212 girlsTXFlorida: #739 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 5,154 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#265 · 1 in 1,013
  2. Utah#293 · 1 in 1,311
  3. Kentucky#470 · 1 in 2,923
  4. Ohio#498 · 1 in 3,444
  5. Indiana#509 · 1 in 3,028

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#26561 in 1,013
Utah#293131 in 1,311
Kentucky#47071 in 2,923
Ohio#498181 in 3,444
Indiana#509111 in 3,028
Wisconsin#51481 in 3,187
Pennsylvania#525161 in 3,629
Tennessee#53691 in 3,462
Missouri#55081 in 3,678
North Carolina#616111 in 4,099
Minnesota#61761 in 4,272
Oklahoma#61751 in 3,355
Maryland#64761 in 4,100
Virginia#64981 in 4,441
Michigan#722101 in 5,203
Florida#739151 in 5,154
Massachusetts#75151 in 6,281
Washington#88251 in 5,873
Georgia#88681 in 6,007
New York#1,074121 in 8,369
Illinois#1,09981 in 8,905
Texas#1,261151 in 10,212
California#1,535151 in 14,922
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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 2000

girls
#825
273 births · 1 in 6,652 girls
boys
#4,204
18 births · 1 in 109,111 boys

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #825Cortney273

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
  11. #4,204Cortney18
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 6,652 of them was named Cortney, which outranked 95.3% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cortney
  1. #821Caitlynn274
  2. #821Christiana274
  3. #821Sarina274
  4. #825Cortney273
  5. #825Darlene273
  6. #827Dasia272
  7. #828London271
  8. #828Yvonne271

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

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,528Laisha#3,509 → #981
  2. ↑ 2,131Litzy#2,527 → #396
  3. ↑ 2,096Cielo#2,991 → #895
  4. ↑ 1,864Yamilet#2,703 → #839
  5. ↑ 1,775Nyah#2,567 → #792
Fallers
  1. ↓ 560Tatyanna#951 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 529Jailene#506 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 431Shanice#727 → #1,158
  4. ↓ 384Chantal#921 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 348Infant#658 → #1,006

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

boys

1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 109,111 of them was named Cortney, which outranked 65.3% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cortney
  1. #4,066Yechezkel19
  2. #4,066Yovany19
  3. #4,066Ziare19
  4. #4,204Cortney18
  5. #4,204Abdoul18
  6. #4,204Ahsan18
  7. #4,204Aleksei18
  8. #4,389Ab17
  9. #4,389Abhay17
  10. #4,389Alcides17

Tied with 184 names at #4,204; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,806Maximus#5,656 → #850
  2. ↑ 2,950Elian#3,376 → #426
  3. ↑ 438Axel#799 → #361
  4. ↑ 437Luca#1,063 → #626
  5. ↑ 403Jevon#1,039 → #636
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,334Trajan#996 → #2,330
  2. ↓ 498Jordi#743 → #1,241
  3. ↓ 322Auston#931 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 298Tyreke#737 → #1,035
  5. ↓ 274Tahj#863 → #1,137

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

See the top 100 for 2000 →