Cortez Boy
How popular is Cortez?
#1,654 boy name in 2025
101 baby boys were named Cortez in the US in 2025, making it the 1654th most popular boy name.
Cortez popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,654 for boys (▲ 343 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 101 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-47% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,042 in 2015, #1,398 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (346 boys) |
| Highest rank | #531 in 1990 |
| First recorded | 1882 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cortez counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cortez family of names ranked #1,326 for boys in 2025 (#1,437 the year before), with 115 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cortez | 101 | 88% |
| Kortez | 14 | 12% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cortez is most popular
Babies named Cortez per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Cortez by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #942 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1910s | 100 | #1,189 |
| 1920s | 118 | #1,934 |
| 1930s | 129 | #1,589 |
| 1940s | 117 | #1,615 |
| 1950s | 228 | #1,336 |
| 1960s | 378 | #1,129 |
| 1970s | 814 | #836 |
| 1980s | 1,814 | #541 |
| 1990s | 2,669 | #531 |
| 2000s | 2,033 | #740 |
| 2010s | 1,854 | #907 |
| 2020s | 635 | #1,300 |
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Questions
- Is Cortez a boy or girl name?
- Cortez is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Cortez were boys.
- How popular is the name Cortez?
- 101 baby boys were named Cortez in the US in 2025, making it the 1654th most popular boy name.
- When was Cortez most popular?
- Cortez peaked in 1990, when 346 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #531 in 1990.
- How many people are named Cortez?
- 10,988 babies have been named Cortez in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,114 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 29.
- Where is Cortez most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cortez was most common in Alabama, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
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.