Boys' name · since 1917
Cortlandt
Cortlandt has 80 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1951 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,856 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 80
- born since 1917
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cortlandt sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 80 recorded since 1917.
Cortlandt has 80 recorded births among boys since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2011.
- #18,856 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 80 born since 1917
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cortlandt ranks #18,856 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 1917, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,856 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 80
- born since 1917
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cortlandt's 80 recorded births place it above 58.34% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cortlandt's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cortlandt splits its recorded history at 1985: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1923 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1951 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cortlandt popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2011
- Peak year (1951)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 95 years of records
Cortlandt by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (25 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Cortlandt's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Cortlandt births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 25 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Cortlandt's decade-level peak was the 1990s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cortlandt: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1951)
Similar record span (~94 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1917–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cortlandt draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.