Kortney
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · Last seen for boys in 2013 at #12,136
Given to girls 92.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1990 · 316 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,313since 1966
Kortney over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #4,486 | 32 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,999 | 37 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,906 | 59 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #3,161 | 53 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,017 | 57 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #2,964 | 60 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,054 | 55 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #1,803 | 108 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,962 | 95 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #1,687 | 113 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,695 | 108 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,360 | 140 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #1,318 | 144 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #1,077 | 186 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #941 | 219 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #930 | 213 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #831 | 241 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #797 | 249 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #766 | 268 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #757 | 274 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #835 | 239 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #738 | 281 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #677 | 316 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #762 | 256 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #858 | 208 | #2,599 | 22 |
| 1987 | #1,145 | 129 | #2,838 | 18 |
| 1986 | #997 | 155 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #1,118 | 129 | #2,427 | 21 |
| 1984 | #1,307 | 94 | #2,292 | 22 |
| 1983 | #1,179 | 111 | #3,071 | 14 |
| 1982 | #1,325 | 94 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #1,382 | 89 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #1,692 | 67 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | #1,832 | 58 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #1,987 | 48 | #1,965 | 25 |
| 1977 | #2,189 | 42 | #2,131 | 22 |
| 1976 | #1,865 | 49 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
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| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kortney! It came in at #6,564, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1966–1967, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kortney is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Kansas#332 · 1 in 2,030
- Indiana#578 · 1 in 5,353
- Ohio#688 · 1 in 7,523
- Illinois#795 · 1 in 7,258
- Michigan#803 · 1 in 8,281
Best ever in a state: #146 in Idaho, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #332 | 7 | 1 in 2,030 |
| Indiana | #578 | 6 | 1 in 5,353 |
| Ohio | #688 | 9 | 1 in 7,523 |
| Illinois | #795 | 10 | 1 in 7,258 |
| Michigan | #803 | 7 | 1 in 8,281 |
| Texas | #984 | 14 | 1 in 9,205 |
| California | #1,301 | 15 | 1 in 14,341 |
| New York | #1,783 | 5 | 1 in 22,373 |
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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 Kortney
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 287 spots in 1988 (#1,145 → #858)
- Biggest drop: 148 spots in 1987 (#997 → #1,145)
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 1990 at #677 (316 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1988–1998
- Highest: 1 in 6,008 girls born in 1990 were named Kortney (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 46.8% of all girls named Kortney (2,486) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23 | #4,418 (1969) | #5,541 |
| 1970s | 278 | #1,832 (1979) | #3,842 |
| 1980s | 1,332 | #762 (1989) | #1,177 |
| 1990s | 2,486 | #677 (1990) | #835 |
| 2000s | 933 | #1,318 (2000) | #2,202 |
| 2010s | 241 | #2,906 (2010) | #6,341 |
| 2020s | 20 | #10,250 (2020) | #12,969 |
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.
Kortney 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 13,478 of them was named Kortney, which outranked 91.4% 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).
- #1,136Tasia130
- #1,136Tiesha130
- #1,136Ursula130
- #1,145Kortney129
- #1,145Cristin129
- #1,145Laquisha129
- #1,145Lashanda129
- #1,150Danna128
- #1,150Ebonie128
- #1,150Ella128
Tied with 4 names at #1,145; 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 103,721 of them was named Kortney, which outranked 65.2% 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).
- #2,725Zacharias19
- #2,725Zak19
- #2,725Zenas19
- #2,838Kortney18
- #2,838Akiva18
- #2,838Alon18
- #2,838Alonza18
- #2,942Abran17
- #2,942Adarius17
- #2,942Addam17
Tied with 103 names at #2,838; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.