Kortez — #4465 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kortez

The Social Security Administration has registered 801 babies named Kortez between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kortez currently holds the #4465 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kortez performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 253 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kortez shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kortez in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kortez 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 801 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.