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 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#201 · 1 in 1,169
- Missouri#202 · 1 in 1,702
- Tennessee#228 · 1 in 1,896
- District of Columbia#239 · 1 in 1,336
- Alabama#262 · 1 in 1,948
Best ever in a state: #149 in Missouri, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #201 | 14 | 1 in 1,169 |
| Missouri | #202 | 21 | 1 in 1,702 |
| Tennessee | #228 | 17 | 1 in 1,896 |
| District of Columbia | #239 | 6 | 1 in 1,336 |
| Alabama | #262 | 13 | 1 in 1,948 |
| Illinois | #282 | 36 | 1 in 2,270 |
| Arkansas | #338 | 5 | 1 in 2,991 |
| Kansas | #346 | 5 | 1 in 3,308 |
| Michigan | #360 | 15 | 1 in 4,309 |
| Maryland | #392 | 6 | 1 in 4,851 |
| Georgia | #434 | 10 | 1 in 4,556 |
| Virginia | #455 | 7 | 1 in 5,632 |
| Louisiana | #505 | 7 | 1 in 4,595 |
| North Carolina | #534 | 6 | 1 in 6,919 |
| Florida | #554 | 12 | 1 in 6,627 |
| Ohio | #595 | 7 | 1 in 10,897 |
| California | #1,836 | 5 | 1 in 47,751 |
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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 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 347,726 of them was named Cortez, which outranked 14.6% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,938 names at #11,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 8,564 of them was named Cortez, which outranked 92.5% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.