Girls' name · since 1980
Cortnei
Cortnei has 35 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #39,075 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cortnei is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 35 have been recorded since 1980.
Social Security Administration records show Cortnei recorded 35 times among girls since 1980, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2008.
- #39,075 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 35 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cortnei ranks #39,075 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 35 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #39,075 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cortnei's 35 recorded births place it above 45.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cortnei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cortnei's full recorded timeline at 1991, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cortnei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2008
- Peak year (1990)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Cortnei by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (19 births, 54% of the file).
1990s was Cortnei's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Cortnei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
19 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 19 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Cortnei's decade-level peak was the 1990s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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 Cortnei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1980–2008 (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 Cortnei 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.