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Cortney

84% girls, 16% boys · 7 born in 2025

Cortney has been given to about 20,096 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1990, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

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Living in the US≈ 19,598
Median age today37 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Cortney per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1990 · 1,384
  • Born in 20257
  • All time20,096

How popular is Cortney?

Its best year was 1990, when 1,384 babies were given the name, ranking 226th. The typical living American called Cortney is about 37 years old today.

Names that sound like Cortney

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Kortney0.97
  2. Courtney0.86
  3. Kourtney0.83
  4. Corey0.79
  5. Korey0.76
  6. Rodney0.68
  7. Cortez0.69
  8. Toney0.68

Middle names for Cortney

Ranked by flow score
  1. Cortney Anne0.81
  2. Cortney Josephine0.78
  3. Cortney Rose0.77
  4. Cortney Marie0.77
  5. Cortney Grace0.77
  6. Cortney Eve0.77

Sibling names for Cortney

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Bethanysister · 0.88
  2. Dustinbrother · 0.86
  3. Sashasister · 0.84
  4. Aracelisister · 0.84
  5. Elishaeither · 0.82
  6. Jaredbrother · 0.82

Where Cortney is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Cortney Anderson0.77
    2. Cortney White0.72
    3. Cortney Nguyen0.72
    4. Cortney Moore0.72
    5. Cortney Hill0.72
    6. Cortney Hall0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Cortney

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.