How Many People Are Named Cortland?
people named Cortland are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 184,549 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,194 babies named Cortland in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
62 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Cortland, 2.6% were girls and 97.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1980s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 7.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cortland alive today is about 27 years old, and 61% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cortland first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 2011, to 62 babies. In 2025, 27 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cortland has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,554, in 1991. In 2025 it ranked #3,967.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,967 |
| Best rank | #1,554 (1991) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,815 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cortland alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cortland were born in Texas than in any other state: about 68 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cortland was given about 4.2 times as often in Texas.
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