Girls' name · since 1992
Cortlynn
181 babies named Cortlynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,830 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,626 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 181
- born since 1992
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cortlynn currently ranks #15626 among girls' names in America, with 181 babies recorded since 1992.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cortlynn has been recorded 181 times among girls since 1992, currently ranked #15626 nationally and more common than 10% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.
- #20,830 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,626 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 181 born since 1992
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cortlynn ranks #20,830 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,626 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 181 born since 1992, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,830 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,626 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 181
- born since 1992
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cortlynn's 181 recorded births place it above 71.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Cortlynn compares
181 35th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cortlynn's all-time total is 52% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cortlynn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 181 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cortlynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cortlynn's full recorded timeline at 2009, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cortlynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Cortlynn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (82 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Cortlynn's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Cortlynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 32
1990s
32 births
- 2000s
2000s
55 births
- 2010s
2010s
82 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 82 births (45% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cortlynn's data
- Cortlynn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (82 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cortlynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1992–2025 (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 Cortlynn 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.