Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Cort

#3,218 most common boys' name of all time · #7,802 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–2025

Rank among boys
#3,218
Rank overall
#7,802 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
83 of 146
All-time
1,918
Since 2016
181
Peak year
2011 #2,266
Best rank
#1,164 1962
Girls Boys peak 57/yr
192019401960198020002020

Cort first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 14 14 #6,182
2024 — 16 16 #5,694
2023 — 12 12 #6,942
2022 — 15 15 #5,914
2021 — 14 14 #6,077
2020 — 20 20 #4,729
2019 — 28 28 #3,812
2018 — 16 16 #5,575
2017 — 20 20 #4,778
2016 — 26 26 #4,008
2015 — 39 39 #2,975
2014 — 38 38 #2,995
2013 — 39 39 #2,911
2012 — 40 40 #2,914
2011 — 57 57 #2,266
2010 — 33 33 #3,318
2009 — 41 41 #2,908
2008 — 44 44 #2,762
2007 — 46 46 #2,655
2006 — 34 34 #3,164
2005 — 45 45 #2,500
2004 — 39 39 #2,706
2003 — 50 50 #2,184
2002 — 51 51 #2,097
2001 — 43 43 #2,317
2000 — 53 53 #1,946
1999 — 37 37 #2,416
1998 — 26 26 #3,033
1997 — 19 19 #3,631
1996 — 34 34 #2,349
1995 — 32 32 #2,412
1994 — 21 21 #3,248
1993 — 39 39 #2,064
1992 — 27 27 #2,618
1991 — 24 24 #2,774
1990 — 30 30 #2,324
1989 — 20 20 #3,021
1988 — 30 30 #2,113
1987 — 17 17 #2,980
1986 — 12 12 #3,717
1985 — 9 9 #4,437
1984 — 11 11 #3,772
1983 — 14 14 #3,125
1982 — 14 14 #3,176
1981 — 10 10 #3,941
1980 — 19 19 #2,569
1979 — 11 11 #3,648
1978 — 19 19 #2,415
1977 — 26 26 #1,925
1976 — 12 12 #3,156
1975 — 8 8 #4,055
1974 — 11 11 #3,195
1973 — 20 20 #2,088
1972 — 15 15 #2,481
1971 — 16 16 #2,413
1970 — 14 14 #2,559
1969 — 18 18 #2,017
1968 — 17 17 #2,011
1967 — 12 12 #2,422
1966 — 23 23 #1,643
1965 — 32 32 #1,381
1964 — 21 21 #1,767
1963 — 23 23 #1,679
1962 — 45 45 #1,164
1961 — 27 27 #1,566
1960 — 16 16 #2,096
1959 — 18 18 #1,958
1958 — 20 20 #1,816
1957 — 13 13 #2,338
1956 — 22 22 #1,711
1955 — 13 13 #2,276
1954 — 16 16 #2,024
1953 — 17 17 #1,947
1952 — 29 29 #1,428
1951 — 15 15 #2,043
1950 — 6 6 #3,540
1949 — 8 8 #2,960
1948 — 5 5 #3,981
1947 — 9 9 #2,820
1946 — 8 8 #2,850
1944 — 5 5 #3,715
1942 — 5 5 #3,852
1915 — 5 5 #4,179