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.

Cortez

#1,117 most common boys' name of all time · #2,646 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among boys
#1,117
Rank overall
#2,646 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
10,988
Since 2016
1,269
Peak year
1990 #533
Best rank
#533 1990
Girls Boys peak 351/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Cortez first appears in 1882. 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 — 101 101 #1,655
2024 — 77 77 #1,998
2023 — 84 84 #1,876
2022 — 104 104 #1,654
2021 — 145 145 #1,301
2020 — 124 124 #1,400
2019 — 147 147 #1,271
2018 — 149 149 #1,238
2017 — 176 176 #1,104
2016 — 162 162 #1,176
2015 — 192 192 #1,042
2014 — 195 195 #1,035
2013 — 229 229 #907
2012 — 195 195 #1,012
2011 — 195 195 #995
2010 — 214 214 #940
2009 — 227 227 #911
2008 — 200 200 #985
2007 — 205 205 #960
2006 — 200 200 #937
2005 — 223 223 #833
2004 — 185 185 #917
2003 — 195 195 #878
2002 — 163 163 #971
2001 — 205 205 #814
2000 — 230 230 #741
1999 — 240 240 #700
1998 — 209 209 #764
1997 — 213 213 #730
1996 — 209 209 #735
1995 — 235 235 #694
1994 — 280 280 #623
1993 — 313 313 #582
1992 — 301 301 #593
1991 — 323 323 #564
1990 5 346 351 #533
1989 — 320 320 #542
1988 — 234 234 #618
1987 5 218 223 #614
1986 7 210 217 #617
1985 — 191 191 #637
1984 — 157 157 #697
1983 6 145 151 #715
1982 — 118 118 #815
1981 — 113 113 #828
1980 5 108 113 #852
1979 — 96 96 #891
1978 — 105 105 #837
1977 — 95 95 #870
1976 5 97 102 #846
1975 — 86 86 #892
1974 — 66 66 #1,010
1973 — 88 88 #844
1972 — 67 67 #989
1971 — 60 60 #1,048
1970 — 54 54 #1,122
1969 — 45 45 #1,176
1968 — 35 35 #1,291
1967 — 37 37 #1,240
1966 — 30 30 #1,408
1965 — 44 44 #1,134
1964 — 37 37 #1,297
1963 — 34 34 #1,341
1962 — 45 45 #1,153
1961 — 28 28 #1,528
1960 — 43 43 #1,199
1959 — 34 34 #1,344
1958 — 17 17 #1,972
1957 — 22 22 #1,725
1956 — 31 31 #1,395
1955 — 32 32 #1,348
1954 — 28 28 #1,442
1953 — 14 14 #2,111
1952 — 22 22 #1,631
1951 — 13 13 #2,156
1950 — 15 15 #1,956
1949 — 21 21 #1,630
1948 — 15 15 #1,960
1947 — 17 17 #1,862
1946 — 11 11 #2,298
1945 — 14 14 #1,873
1944 — 15 15 #1,828
1942 — 14 14 #1,969
1941 — 10 10 #2,369
1939 — 9 9 #2,476
1938 — 11 11 #2,215
1937 — 13 13 #2,015
1936 — 14 14 #1,902
1935 — 12 12 #2,150
1934 — 10 10 #2,422
1933 — 15 15 #1,858
1932 — 8 8 #2,884
1931 — 20 20 #1,611
1930 — 17 17 #1,834
1929 — 11 11 #2,477
1928 5 8 13 #3,112
1927 — 6 6 #3,819
1926 6 12 18 #2,457
1925 — 17 17 #1,959
1924 7 8 15 #3,290
1923 — 16 16 #2,044
1922 — 16 16 #2,070
1921 5 15 20 #2,168
1920 6 9 15 #2,997
1919 7 13 20 #2,290
1918 6 17 23 #1,929
1917 — 17 17 #1,841
1916 — 14 14 #2,063
1915 5 13 18 #2,096
1914 — 9 9 #2,312
1912 9 8 17 #1,918
1911 — 9 9 #1,233
1909 — 5 5 #1,525
1882 — 5 5 #1,037