Girls' name · since 1984
Kortny
Since 1984, U.S. Social Security records show 82 babies named Kortny, peaking in 1990. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 82
- total births
- 1984–2000
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 74%
- born in that decade
82 girls have been named Kortny since 1984, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Kortny recorded 82 times among girls since 1984, 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 1984 to 2000.
- 82 total births
- 1984–2000 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 74% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kortny's 82 recorded births place it above 59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kortny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kortny's full recorded timeline at 1994, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kortny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2000
- Peak year (1990)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Kortny by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Kortny's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Kortny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
61 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 61 births (74% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kortny's data
- Kortny's decade-level peak was the 1990s (61 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.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1984–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kortny: Baby Name Since 1984 - 82 Births, Peak 1990." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kortny. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kortny 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 July 2026.