Cortaz — boys' name
12 babies named Cortaz in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Cortaz was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Cortaz in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cortaz
The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Cortaz between 1997 and 2009, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cortaz currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cortaz performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Cortaz shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cortaz 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 12 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.
Cortaz at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cortaz popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1997
- Peak year (1997)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
12 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 6 births in a single year.
Cortaz by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 6 births that decade — 50% of Cortaz's all-time total
Cortaz decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Cortaz's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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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, 1997–2009 (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.