Recorded 1974–2018 Girls' name Peak 1990 1,189 births

Kortni — girls' name

1,189 babies named Kortni in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s571980s2821990s5162000s2412010s93
1990s
Peak decade

43% of everyone ever named Kortni was born in this single decade.

1990
Single peak year

70 babies were named Kortni in 1990 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kortni

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,189 babies named Kortni between 1974 and 2018, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kortni currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 70 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kortni performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 516 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kortni shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 60 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kortni in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kortni 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 1,189 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.

Kortni at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

1,189

Since 1974

45 years of records

Peak year

1990

70 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1974

Recorded for 45 years

Last year on file: 2018

Kortni popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1974

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (1990)
70
Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
020406080 201820122006200019941988198219761974 7

Kortni by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
516 births that decade — 43% of Kortni's all-time total
1970s571980s2821990s5162000s2412010s93

Kortni by state

Where Kortni concentrates geographically — total births since 1974

Geographically diffuse
Top 7 states by recorded births for the name Kortni
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
60 5.0%
#2 California
32 2.7%
#3 Ohio
12 1.0%
#4 Oklahoma
6 0.5%
#5 Utah
6 0.5%
#6 Alabama
5 0.4%
#7 Maryland
5 0.4%
Texas share of Kortni's total US births 5.0%
Even split

60 of 1,189 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kortni?
1,189 babies have been named Kortni since 1974. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 1990 with 70 births.
When was Kortni most popular?
Kortni was most popular in the 1990s decade with 516 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
Where is Kortni most popular?
The top states for the name Kortni are Texas (60 births), California (32 births), Ohio (12 births).
How long has the name Kortni been used?
Kortni has been recorded in Social Security data since 1974, spanning 45 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Kortni?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kori, Kora, Kortney, Korina, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1974–2018 (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.