Cortney
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KORT-nee
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Cortney is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Cortney mean?
French: spelling of Courtney, a Norman surname
A spelling of Courtney, from Norman barons who took their name from Courtenay in France.
Is Cortney a girl's or a boy's name?
Cortney is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cortney in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 23 girls.
Half of all the girls named Cortney in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 1996, 75% of the babies named Cortney in the UK were girls.
Cortney in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 23 | #995 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Cortney in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Cortney, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1987, with 152 boys. It first appears in the records in 1943.
Half of all the boys named Cortney in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 54 boys in the US were given Cortney or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,106, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
In 1967, 52% of the babies named Cortney in the US were girls. By 2016 it was 41%, with more boys than girls since 2014.
Cortney in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 32 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 32 | #2,661 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 36 | #2,308 |
| 1996 | 28 | #2,674 |
| 1995 | 34 | #2,294 |
| 1994 | 36 | #2,214 |
| 1993 | 51 | #1,694 |
| 1992 | 50 | #1,692 |
| 1991 | 98 | #1,097 |
| 1990 | 123 | #926 |
| 1989 | 144 | #827 |
| 1988 | 151 | #766 |
| 1987 | 152 | #739 |
| 1986 | 137 | #775 |
| 1985 | 141 | #748 |
| 1984 | 128 | #766 |
| 1983 | 147 | #706 |
| 1982 | 131 | #766 |
| 1981 | 116 | #813 |
| 1980 | 144 | #729 |
| 1979 | 120 | #789 |
| 1978 | 117 | #778 |
| 1977 | 145 | #706 |
| 1976 | 83 | #911 |
| 1975 | 61 | #1,065 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,290 |
| 1973 | 29 | #1,612 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,721 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,915 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 27 | #1,569 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
Names like Cortney
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Erin Molly Lacey Jasmine Amber Holly Courtney Casey Amy Cara Sydney Emily
Other spellings of Cortney
Names related to Cortney
Courteney Courtnie Courtenay Courtnee Courtny Cortana Kortney Cortni
More French names
Eleanor Beau Esme Darcie Darcy Genevieve Esmae Arleth Elle Russell Monty Mallory Percy Belle Quincy Bruce
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cortney: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cortney, updated 20 October 2026.