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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #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 1999

  • 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: #764 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,870 girlsWAIdaho: #251 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 997 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #519 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,568 girlsMNIllinois: #1,086 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,729 girlsILWisconsin: #603 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,206 girlsWIMichigan: #485 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,206 girlsMINew York: #1,746 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,637 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedMARhode 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: #612 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,152 girlsINOhio: #424 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,564 girlsOHPennsylvania: #515 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,621 girlsPANew Jersey: #727 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,192 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,202 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 10,431 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedUTColorado: #447 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,306 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedNEMissouri: #547 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,658 girlsMOKentucky: #570 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,015 girlsKYWest Virginia: #277 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,455 girlsWVVirginia: #579 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,817 girlsVAMaryland: #402 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,177 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: #357 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,683 girlsARTennessee: #420 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,552 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #540 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,541 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #498 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,828 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedMSAlabama: #453 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,637 girlsALGeorgia: #503 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,049 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Cortney, so not publishedHITexas: #1,317 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 11,325 girlsTXFlorida: #800 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,747 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#251 · 1 in 997
  2. West Virginia#277 · 1 in 1,455
  3. Arkansas#357 · 1 in 1,683
  4. Maryland#402 · 1 in 2,177
  5. Tennessee#420 · 1 in 2,552

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#25161 in 997
West Virginia#27751 in 1,455
Arkansas#35771 in 1,683
Maryland#402111 in 2,177
Tennessee#420121 in 2,552
Ohio#424241 in 2,564
Colorado#447101 in 2,306
Alabama#45381 in 2,637
Michigan#485161 in 3,206
South Carolina#49861 in 2,828
Georgia#503151 in 3,049
Pennsylvania#515161 in 3,621
Minnesota#51971 in 3,568
North Carolina#540121 in 3,541
Missouri#54781 in 3,658
Kentucky#57051 in 4,015
Virginia#57991 in 3,817
Wisconsin#60361 in 4,206
Indiana#61281 in 4,152
New Jersey#72781 in 5,192
Washington#76461 in 4,870
Florida#800131 in 5,747
Illinois#1,08681 in 8,729
California#1,202211 in 10,431
Texas#1,317131 in 11,325
New York#1,74661 in 16,637
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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 1999

girls
#755
296 births · 1 in 5,993 girls
boys
#2,665
32 births · 1 in 60,005 boys

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #755Cortney296

Top boys' names in 1999

  1. #1Jacob35,371
  2. #2Michael33,915
  3. #3Matthew30,418
  4. #4Joshua27,265
  5. #5Nicholas25,639
  6. #6Christopher25,604
  7. #7Andrew23,866
  8. #8Joseph23,220
  9. #9Daniel22,704
  10. #10Tyler22,669
  11. #2,665Cortney32
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 5,993 of them was named Cortney, which outranked 95.5% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cortney
  1. #750Haylie298
  2. #750Janice298
  3. #750Taya298
  4. #755Cortney296
  5. #756Jeanette295
  6. #757Rachelle294
  7. #758Abigayle292
Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. 1,407Citlalli#2,338#931
  2. 1,329Noelia#2,048#719
  3. 1,060Amaya#1,458#398
  4. 864Kyara#1,789#925
  5. 604Journey#1,557#953
Fallers
  1. 579Erykah#779#1,358
  2. 417Tea#747#1,164
  3. 415Tasia#800#1,215
  4. 406Monika#930#1,336
  5. 357Chase#952#1,309

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

boys

1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 60,005 of them was named Cortney, which outranked 77.1% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cortney
  1. #2,608Tyrelle33
  2. #2,608Wilton33
  3. #2,608Yasir33
  4. #2,665Cortney32
  5. #2,665Ameen32
  6. #2,665Antwone32
  7. #2,665Aris32
  8. #2,722Abbas31
  9. #2,722Antoni31
  10. #2,722Antwaun31

Tied with 56 names at #2,665; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. 1,239Trajan#2,235#996
  2. 669Tyreese#1,558#889
  3. 595Latrell#1,231#636
  4. 420Zion#694#274
  5. 414Xander#1,338#924
Fallers
  1. 381Jaret#555#936
  2. 362Kordell#841#1,203
  3. 313Juwan#524#837
  4. 296Jarett#743#1,039
  5. 288Christion#989#1,277

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

See the top 100 for 1999