Kortlyn — #12666 US girls' name
277 babies named Kortlyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 28% of names given to girls today.
43% of everyone ever named Kortlyn was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Kortlyn in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kortlyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 277 babies named Kortlyn between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kortlyn currently holds the #12666 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kortlyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kortlyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kortlyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kortlyn 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 277 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.
Kortlyn at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Kortlyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2014)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #12666 among girls.
277 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 15 births in a single year.
Kortlyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 120 births that decade — 43% of Kortlyn's all-time total
Kortlyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 120 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kortlyn's strongest decade
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Kortlyn by state
Where Kortlyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 277 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1997–2024 (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.