Kortland — boys' name
145 babies named Kortland in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Kortland was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Kortland in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kortland
The Social Security Administration has registered 145 babies named Kortland between 1987 and 2021, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kortland currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kortland performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kortland shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kortland 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 145 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.
Kortland at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kortland popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1987
- Peak year (2011)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
145 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 17 births in a single year.
Kortland by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 58 births that decade — 40% of Kortland's all-time total
Kortland decade highlights
- Peak decade 58 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kortland's strongest decade
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1987–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.