Recorded 1943–2025 · United States
Cortney was most popular in 1990, when 1,384 American babies were given the name — ranking #438 that year. In 2025 it ranked #20,040, with 7 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 20,096 people named Cortney.
Cortney first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1943, which makes it about 82 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 71 of the 83 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 20,096 American births named Cortney 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 19,479 are estimated to be alive today.
7 American babies were named Cortney in 2025, ranking #20,040 that year.
Cortney is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 11 births a year, against 40 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -73% 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.
Across the whole record Cortney is mostly a girl’s name — 84.2% of the 20,096 Americans given it were girls and 15.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 2017 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 35% girls and 65% 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.
Roughly 19,479 Americans named Cortney are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 37 years old, and half are between 33 and 43. That is a narrow band: Cortney arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
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.
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