Cortland
Recorded 1913–2025 · United States
Cortland was most popular in 2011, when 62 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,841 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,448, with 27 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,194 people named Cortland.
Cortland over time
How old is the name Cortland?
Cortland first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1913, which makes it about 112 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 110 of the 113 years since.
How many people are named Cortland?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,194 American births named Cortland between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,856 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Cortland in 2025?
27 American babies were named Cortland in 2025, ranking #8,448 that year.
Is Cortland getting more or less popular?
Cortland is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 27 births a year, against 51 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -47% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Cortland a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Cortland is a boy’s name — 2.2% of the 2,194 Americans given it were girls and 97.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 6% girls and 94% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Cortland?
Roughly 1,856 Americans named Cortland are alive today — 85% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 27 years old, and half are between 14 and 36.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Cortland is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org