Cortney
Cortney was the 9906th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 706th; the most babies were born in 1987 (152). Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,811 places. More babies were named Cortney in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #9,906 boys, down 1,702 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 7boys
- Girls and boys
- 19% girls, 81% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1987152 babies
- Total since 1880
- 20,096babies recorded
Cortney popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #9,906 | — | 7 |
| 2020 | #13,822 | #8,204 | 6 | 9 |
| 2010 | #4,513 | #5,794 | 32 | 15 |
| 2000 | #825 | #4,245 | 273 | 18 |
| 1990 | #226 | #930 | 1,261 | 123 |
| 1980 | #459 | #730 | 462 | 144 |
| 1970 | #2,316 | #2,416 | 33 | 15 |
| 1960 | — | #2,718 | — | 10 |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Cortney, counting every spelling?
Cortney has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Cortney?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Cortney (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Cortney born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Cortney.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Cortney?
About 3,000 people born in the US named Cortney are alive today, with a median age of 40; half are between 35 and 46. That makes Cortney mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Cortney
How popular is the name Cortney?
Cortney was the 9906th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 706th; the most babies were born in 1987 (152). Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,811 places. More babies were named Cortney in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Cortney a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 19% girls, 81% boys given the name Cortney in the US.