NameTides

Cortney

Cortney was the #9,714 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies).

Cortney as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Cortney as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Cortney as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#9,714 (7)—
2024#12,349 (5)—
2023#6,517 (13)—
2022#7,262 (11)—
2021#9,714 (7)—
2020#8,067 (9)—
2019#8,889 (8)—
2018#6,036 (14)—
2017#8,140 (9)—
2016#4,943 (19)—
2015#5,058 (18)—
2014#4,392 (22)—
2013#6,241 (13)—
2012#4,686 (20)—
2011#3,792 (27)—

Cortney as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Cortney as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020
Cortney as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandCanada
2023#15,194 (5)———
2021#15,251 (5)———
2020#13,453 (6)———
2019#10,473 (9)———
2017#6,808 (17)———
2016#8,393 (13)———
2015#7,613 (15)———
2014#6,713 (18)———
2013#6,017 (21)———
2012#6,576 (19)———
2011#5,207 (26)#5,785 (3)——
2010#4,494 (32)#3,533 (6)——
2009#2,852 (61)#3,422 (6)—#3,320 (5)
2008#3,584 (45)#3,005 (7)——
2007#2,890 (62)#1,965 (12)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1977 at #706.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1943.
  • In 2023, 28% of US babies named Cortney were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Cortney is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 260,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 110,000 to 1 in 600,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CortneyCanadaGirls—too few
CortneyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
CortneyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
CortneyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CortneyUSGirls—too few
CortneyUSBoys#9,7147