# Cortney (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cortney/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 20,096 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,173 / 16,923 (84% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 157, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 62 | 2,897 |
| 2008 | 45 | 3,597 |
| 2009 | 61 | 2,859 |
| 2010 | 32 | 4,513 |
| 2011 | 26 | 5,244 |
| 2012 | 19 | 6,666 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6,069 |
| 2014 | 18 | 6,778 |
| 2015 | 15 | 7,719 |
| 2016 | 13 | 8,497 |
| 2017 | 17 | 6,873 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10,670 |
| 2020 | 6 | 13,822 |
| 2021 | 5 | 15,781 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15,714 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 3,812 |
| 2012 | 20 | 4,724 |
| 2013 | 13 | 6,316 |
| 2014 | 22 | 4,420 |
| 2015 | 18 | 5,095 |
| 2016 | 19 | 4,986 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,289 |
| 2018 | 14 | 6,094 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,059 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,204 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9,936 |
| 2022 | 11 | 7,359 |
| 2023 | 13 | 6,611 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12,708 |
| 2025 | 7 | 9,906 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 20 | 1,015 |
| 1998 | 12 | 1,480 |
| 1999 | 8 | 1,970 |
| 2000 | 12 | 1,475 |
| 2001 | 10 | 1,728 |
| 2002 | 12 | 1,530 |
| 2003 | 12 | 1,628 |
| 2004 | 10 | 1,952 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2006 | 8 | 2,509 |
| 2007 | 12 | 1,965 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 2009 | 6 | 3,422 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.