Cortland — #5245 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Cortland

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,117 babies named Cortland between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cortland currently holds the #5245 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 62 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cortland performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 493 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Cortland shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 69 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Cortland in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cortland 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 2,117 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.