Cortez
Last seen for girls in 1990 at #12,958 · #1,654 for boys in 2025, 101 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1990 · 346 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,899since 1882
Cortez over time
Rank among boys' names. Cortez has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,654 | 101 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,997 | 77 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,875 | 84 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,652 | 104 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,300 | 145 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,398 | 124 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,271 | 147 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,238 | 149 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,104 | 176 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,175 | 162 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,042 | 192 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,035 | 195 | |
| 2013 | — | #907 | 229 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,011 | 195 | |
| 2011 | — | #995 | 195 | |
| 2010 | — | #940 | 214 | |
| 2009 | — | #909 | 227 | |
| 2008 | — | #985 | 200 | |
| 2007 | — | #959 | 205 | |
| 2006 | — | #937 | 200 | |
| 2005 | — | #832 | 223 | |
| 2004 | — | #917 | 185 | |
| 2003 | — | #877 | 195 | |
| 2002 | — | #970 | 163 | |
| 2001 | — | #813 | 205 | |
| 2000 | — | #741 | 230 | |
| 1999 | — | #698 | 240 | |
| 1998 | — | #764 | 209 | |
| 1997 | — | #729 | 213 | |
| 1996 | — | #732 | 209 | |
| 1995 | — | #694 | 235 | |
| 1994 | — | #622 | 280 | |
| 1993 | — | #581 | 313 | |
| 1992 | — | #593 | 301 | |
| 1991 | — | #563 | 323 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #532 | 346 |
| 1989 | — | #542 | 320 | |
| 1988 | — | #618 | 234 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #614 | 218 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #615 | 210 |
| 1985 | — | #637 | 191 | |
| 1984 | — | #696 | 157 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #714 | 145 |
| 1982 | — | #813 | 118 | |
| 1981 | — | #826 | 113 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #850 | 108 |
| 1979 | — | #890 | 96 | |
| 1978 | — | #836 | 105 | |
| 1977 | — | #869 | 95 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #845 | 97 |
| 1975 | — | #891 | 86 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,007 | 66 | |
| 1973 | — | #843 | 88 | |
| 1972 | — | #988 | 67 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,047 | 60 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,117 | 54 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,168 | 45 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,282 | 35 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,231 | 37 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,401 | 30 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,129 | 44 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,288 | 37 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,338 | 34 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,147 | 45 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,521 | 28 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,193 | 43 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,337 | 34 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,953 | 17 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,715 | 22 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,385 | 31 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,339 | 32 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,435 | 28 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,099 | 14 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,615 | 22 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,135 | 13 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,616 | 21 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,943 | 15 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,850 | 17 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,271 | 11 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,852 | 14 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,810 | 15 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | #1,946 | 14 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,333 | 10 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | #2,449 | 9 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,185 | 11 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,992 | 13 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,872 | 14 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,127 | 12 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,849 | 8 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,589 | 20 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,821 | 17 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,452 | 11 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | — | #1,935 | 17 | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,043 | 14 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #2,070 | 13 |
| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
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| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Cortez! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1910, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Cortez is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#410 · 1 in 3,471
- Illinois#451 · 1 in 5,171
- Missouri#463 · 1 in 7,027
- Michigan#595 · 1 in 11,483
Best ever in a state: #149 in Missouri, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #410 | 9 | 1 in 3,471 |
| Illinois | #451 | 16 | 1 in 5,171 |
| Missouri | #463 | 5 | 1 in 7,027 |
| Michigan | #595 | 6 | 1 in 11,483 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Cortez
- 343 spots since 2024 (#1,997 → #1,654)
- 256 spots since 2020 (#1,398 → #1,654)
- 612 spots since 2015 (#1,042 → #1,654)
- Biggest jump: 145 spots in 1973 (#988 → #843)
- Biggest drop: 164 spots in 1974 (#843 → #1,007)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1990 at #532 (346 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1975–2011
- Highest: 1 in 5,937 boys born in 1990 were named Cortez (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,912 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 24.5% of all boys named Cortez (2,669) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #943 (1882) | #943 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,440 (1909) | #1,440 |
| 1910s | 100 | #1,190 (1911) | #1,931 |
| 1920s | 118 | #1,935 (1925) | #2,612 |
| 1930s | 129 | #1,589 (1931) | #2,111 |
| 1940s | 117 | #1,616 (1949) | #1,953 |
| 1950s | 228 | #1,337 (1959) | #1,695 |
| 1960s | 378 | #1,129 (1965) | #1,270 |
| 1970s | 814 | #836 (1978) | #933 |
| 1980s | 1,814 | #542 (1989) | #693 |
| 1990s | 2,669 | #532 (1990) | #651 |
| 2000s | 2,033 | #741 (2000) | #894 |
| 2010s | 1,854 | #907 (2013) | #1,072 |
| 2020s | 635 | #1,300 (2021) | #1,646 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cortez in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 24,203 of them was named Cortez, which outranked 82.8% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).