Kortez
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kor-TEZ
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Kortez is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “courteous”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Kortez mean?
Spanish: spelling of Cortez; from the Spanish surname Cortés
“courteous”
From the Spanish surname Cortés, borne by Hernán Cortés, whose expedition overthrew the Aztec Empire in 1521.
Meaning borrowed from Cortez.
Is Kortez a girl's or a boy's name?
Kortez is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kortez in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Kortez, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,135th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had fewer boys named Kortez than any year since 2002.
Half of all the boys named Kortez in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 115 boys in the US were given Kortez or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,366, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.
- Cortez 101
- Kortez 14
Kortez in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,627 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,135 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,447 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
Names like Kortez
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rio, Luca, Cruz, Marquez, Thiago, Boaz, Sawyer, Kairo, Ares, Kingston, Santiago, Diego
Other spellings of Kortez
More Spanish names
Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra, Paloma, Amaia, Solana
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kortez: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kortez, updated 20 October 2026.