Masculine dossier · first seen 1913

Cortland

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Cortland
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2011

Peak era

2011

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1913Peak 20112024

Peak year

2011

Decline from peak

71%

2024

All-time

2,117

Cortland is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 2011, when 62 boys were named Cortland.

In 2024, only 18 boys were given the name.

Down 71% from its peak.

All told, about 2,117 Americans have been named Cortland and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1913.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2011

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