Mostly girls · peaked in 1990
Cortney name popularity since 1925
20,096 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Cortney (84.2% girls, 15.8% boys). Half of them were born in 1989 or earlier, so the typical Cortney is about 37 years old in 2026. Cortney peaked in 1990 as the #226 name for girls, and fewer than 5 girls got it in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,096
- Named Cortney, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 girls named Cortney in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 84.2% girls
- 16,923 girls · 3,173 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.50× its national share
Peak year is the year Cortney made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Cortney births per year, 1925–2025
1990 was the biggest year for Cortney both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1975 and 1980, Cortney became 2.1× more common, from 1 in 7,630 baby girls to 1 in 3,590.
- Steepest fall: Between 1997 and 2002, its share of baby girls fell by 66%, from 1 in 4,350 to 1 in 12,700.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Cortney's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Cortney.
Decade by decade
Babies named Cortney in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 10 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 17 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 100 | 138 | #4,248 |
| 1970s | 1,838 | 661 | #749 |
| 1980s | 7,054 | 1,391 | #325 |
| 1990s | 6,525 | 519 | #414 |
| 2000s | 1,220 | 220 | #1,970 |
| 2010s | 170 | 165 | #7,719 |
| 2020–25 | 16 | 52 | Under 5 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
68.3% of babies named Cortney from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Cortney is most popular
The index compares Cortney's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Cortney.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.50× | 355 |
| Tennessee | 1.82× | 640 |
| Alabama | 1.52× | 448 |
| Michigan | 1.50× | 961 |
| Indiana | 1.45× | 573 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Cortney and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Cortney (this page) | 16,923 | 1990 |
| Kortney | 5,313 | 1990 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Cortney's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Cortney.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Cortney (1990).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data