Recorded 1990–2021 Boys' name Peak 2002 244 births

Cortavious — boys' name

244 babies named Cortavious in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s802000s1172010s372020s10
2000s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Cortavious was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

22 babies were named Cortavious in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Cortavious

The Social Security Administration has registered 244 babies named Cortavious between 1990 and 2021, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cortavious currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cortavious performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cortavious shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Cortavious in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cortavious in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 244 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Cortavious at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

244

Since 1990

32 years of records

Peak year

2002

22 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

1990

Recorded for 32 years

Last year on file: 2021

Cortavious popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1990

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2002)
22
Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
0510152025 20212013200820042000199619911990 5

Cortavious by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
117 births that decade — 48% of Cortavious's all-time total
1990s802000s1172010s372020s10

Cortavious by state

Where Cortavious concentrates geographically — total births since 1990

Geographically diffuse
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Cortavious
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Georgia
13 5.3%
#2 Mississippi
5 2.0%
#3 Tennessee
5 2.0%
Georgia share of Cortavious's total US births 5.3%
Even split

13 of 244 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Cortavious?
244 babies have been named Cortavious since 1990. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2002 with 22 births.
When was Cortavious most popular?
Cortavious was most popular in the 2000s decade with 117 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
Where is Cortavious most popular?
The top states for the name Cortavious are Georgia (13 births), Mississippi (5 births), Tennessee (5 births).
How long has the name Cortavious been used?
Cortavious has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 32 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Cortavious?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Corey, Cory, Corbin, Cornelius, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.