Cortlan — boys' name
110 babies named Cortlan in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Cortlan was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Cortlan in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cortlan
The Social Security Administration has registered 110 babies named Cortlan between 1989 and 2015, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cortlan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cortlan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cortlan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cortlan 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 110 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.
Cortlan at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cortlan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1989
- Peak year (1996)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
110 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 14 births in a single year.
Cortlan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 57 births that decade — 52% of Cortlan's all-time total
Cortlan decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Cortlan's strongest decade
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% 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, 1989–2015 (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.