Cortina — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cortina

The Social Security Administration has registered 259 babies named Cortina between 1966 and 1993, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cortina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cortina performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 156 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cortina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Cortina in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cortina 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 259 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.