Cortney

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Cortney: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Cortney: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #358, and it was last ranked in 2011.

2registrars recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#358highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2011

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#1015
1998	#1480
1999	#1970
2000	#1475
2001	#1728
2002	#1530
2003	#1628
2004	#1952
2005	#2682
2006	#2509
2007	#1965
2008	#3005
2009	#3422
2010	#3533
2011	#5785

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2011.

In 1997: #358 among girls in Northern Ireland, #1015 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2011 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1755 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2011
Most recently recorded at #5785 among girls in England and Wales, in 2011.
England and Wales · Girls

Cortney by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cortney in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	49	4 of 10	12
2000sbusiest	96	10 of 10	10
2010s	9	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Cortney appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #358 in Northern Ireland in 1997.

Cortney's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1965	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1628	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1480	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1015	20	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2011, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #358, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 1 year separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Corrine · #516, 11y
Cory · #77, 33y
Cosima · #1305, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Tory · #358, 13y
Ceri · #357, 21y
Erin-Rose · #355, 14y
Daniels · #354, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alanis · #358, 29y
Aqib · #358, 29y
Ella-May · #358, 28y
Kaelan · #358, 30y

Cortney was ranked #358 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Cortney and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cortney without appearing here.

Cortney moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1970 and #1970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1475 and #2167.
Debra Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1480 and #1392 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1970 and #2189.

Moved ahead of Cortney

Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3422 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2636.
Ellinor Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3533 and #4012 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #3185.
Ezra Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3533 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #3185.
Finley Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3533 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #3549.

Moved the opposite way to Cortney

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Cortney went from #1755 to #5785 while Ada went from #2683 to #386.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Cortney went from #1755 to #5785 while Alma went from #2096 to #702.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Cortney went from #1755 to #5785 while Alyssa went from #783 to #160.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Cortney went from #1755 to #5785 while Amalie went from #2096 to #692.

Moved the same way as Cortney

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Cortney went from #1755 to #5785 and Abigail from #21 to #38.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Cortney went from #1755 to #5785 and Aimee from #70 to #104.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Cortney went from #1755 to #5785 and Aisling from #440 to #1665.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Cortney went from #1755 to #5785 and Alex from #161 to #652.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #358 in Northern Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Cortney

Cortney at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cortney by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Cortney appears in

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Cortney at a glance

Cortney by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Cortney appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Cortney

Cortney and the names beside it

Cortney moved ahead of

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