Cortez — #1992 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Cortez

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,797 babies named Cortez between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cortez currently holds the #1992 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 346 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cortez performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 2,669 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Cortez shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 1,378 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Cortez in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cortez 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 10,797 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.