Cort Boy
How popular is Cort?
#6,140 boy name in 2025
14 baby boys were named Cort in the US in 2025, making it the 6140th most popular boy name.
1,760living people named Cort (est.)
27median age of people named Cort
1,918babies named Cort since 1880
1 in 236,810US babies born in 2025
Cort popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,140 for boys (▼ 485 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 14 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-64% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,965 in 2015, #4,694 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (57 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,146 in 1962 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cort counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cort family of names ranked #3,452 for boys in 2025 (#3,441 the year before), with 22 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cort | 14 | 64% |
| Kort | 8 | 36% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Cort by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1940s | 40 | #2,670 |
| 1950s | 169 | #1,405 |
| 1960s | 234 | #1,146 |
| 1970s | 152 | #1,904 |
| 1980s | 156 | #2,085 |
| 1990s | 289 | #2,045 |
| 2000s | 446 | #1,940 |
| 2010s | 336 | #2,260 |
| 2020s | 91 | #4,694 |
Boy names about as popular as Cort
Questions
- Is Cort a boy or girl name?
- Cort is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Cort were boys.
- How popular is the name Cort?
- 14 baby boys were named Cort in the US in 2025, making it the 6140th most popular boy name.
- When was Cort most popular?
- Cort peaked in 2011, when 57 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,146 in 1962.
- How many people are named Cort?
- 1,918 babies have been named Cort in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,760 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.