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Recorded in official name statistics for United States and Australia
No sourced pronunciation yet
01 / Meaning & origin
Cortez is recorded in South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017 (1944–2017) and in SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution) (1880–2025), given to boys and girls; no dictionary entry is in our sources yet.
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
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United States, 2025: 101 boys (rank 1654).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1880–2025 Spelling: Cortez
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | 5 | 943 | observed |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1891 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1892 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1894 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1895 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1896 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1897 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1898 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1899 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | 5 | 1,440 | observed |
| 1910 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1911 | 9 | 1,190 | observed |
| 1912 | 8 | 1,885 | observed |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | 9 | 2,271 | observed |
| 1915 | 13 | 2,070 | observed |
| 1916 | 14 | 2,043 | observed |
| 1917 | 17 | 1,815 | observed |
| 1918 | 17 | 1,905 | observed |
| 1919 | 13 | 2,265 | observed |
| 1920 | 9 | 2,967 | observed |
| 1921 | 15 | 2,152 | observed |
| 1922 | 16 | 2,040 | observed |
| 1923 | 16 | 2,020 | observed |
| 1924 | 8 | 3,260 | observed |
| 1925 | 17 | 1,935 | observed |
| 1926 | 12 | 2,436 | observed |
| 1927 | 6 | 3,780 | observed |
| 1928 | 8 | 3,076 | observed |
| 1929 | 11 | 2,452 | observed |
| 1930 | 17 | 1,821 | observed |
| 1931 | 20 | 1,589 | observed |
| 1932 | 8 | 2,849 | observed |
| 1933 | 15 | 1,829 | observed |
| 1934 | 10 | 2,393 | observed |
| 1935 | 12 | 2,127 | observed |
| 1936 | 14 | 1,872 | observed |
| 1937 | 13 | 1,992 | observed |
| 1938 | 11 | 2,185 | observed |
| 1939 | 9 | 2,449 | observed |
| 1940 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1941 | 10 | 2,333 | observed |
| 1942 | 14 | 1,946 | observed |
| 1943 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1944 | 15 | 1,810 | observed |
| 1945 | 14 | 1,852 | observed |
| 1946 | 11 | 2,271 | observed |
| 1947 | 17 | 1,850 | observed |
| 1948 | 15 | 1,943 | observed |
| 1949 | 21 | 1,616 | observed |
| 1950 | 15 | 1,941 | observed |
| 1951 | 13 | 2,135 | observed |
| 1952 | 22 | 1,615 | observed |
| 1953 | 14 | 2,099 | observed |
| 1954 | 28 | 1,435 | observed |
| 1955 | 32 | 1,339 | observed |
| 1956 | 31 | 1,385 | observed |
| 1957 | 22 | 1,715 | observed |
| 1958 | 17 | 1,953 | observed |
| 1959 | 34 | 1,337 | observed |
| 1960 | 43 | 1,193 | observed |
| 1961 | 28 | 1,521 | observed |
| 1962 | 45 | 1,147 | observed |
| 1963 | 34 | 1,338 | observed |
| 1964 | 37 | 1,288 | observed |
| 1965 | 44 | 1,129 | observed |
| 1966 | 30 | 1,401 | observed |
| 1967 | 37 | 1,231 | observed |
| 1968 | 35 | 1,282 | observed |
| 1969 | 45 | 1,168 | observed |
| 1970 | 54 | 1,117 | observed |
| 1971 | 60 | 1,047 | observed |
| 1972 | 67 | 988 | observed |
| 1973 | 88 | 843 | observed |
| 1974 | 66 | 1,007 | observed |
| 1975 | 86 | 891 | observed |
| 1976 | 97 | 845 | observed |
| 1977 | 95 | 869 | observed |
| 1978 | 105 | 836 | observed |
| 1979 | 96 | 890 | observed |
| 1980 | 108 | 850 | observed |
| 1981 | 113 | 826 | observed |
| 1982 | 118 | 813 | observed |
| 1983 | 145 | 714 | observed |
| 1984 | 157 | 696 | observed |
| 1985 | 191 | 637 | observed |
| 1986 | 210 | 615 | observed |
| 1987 | 218 | 614 | observed |
| 1988 | 234 | 618 | observed |
| 1989 | 320 | 542 | observed |
| 1990 | 346 | 532 | observed |
| 1991 | 323 | 563 | observed |
| 1992 | 301 | 593 | observed |
| 1993 | 313 | 581 | observed |
| 1994 | 280 | 622 | observed |
| 1995 | 235 | 694 | observed |
| 1996 | 209 | 732 | observed |
| 1997 | 213 | 729 | observed |
| 1998 | 209 | 764 | observed |
| 1999 | 240 | 698 | observed |
| 2000 | 230 | 741 | observed |
| 2001 | 205 | 813 | observed |
| 2002 | 163 | 970 | observed |
| 2003 | 195 | 877 | observed |
| 2004 | 185 | 917 | observed |
| 2005 | 223 | 832 | observed |
| 2006 | 200 | 937 | observed |
| 2007 | 205 | 959 | observed |
| 2008 | 200 | 985 | observed |
| 2009 | 227 | 909 | observed |
| 2010 | 214 | 940 | observed |
| 2011 | 195 | 995 | observed |
| 2012 | 195 | 1,011 | observed |
| 2013 | 229 | 907 | observed |
| 2014 | 195 | 1,035 | observed |
| 2015 | 192 | 1,042 | observed |
| 2016 | 162 | 1,175 | observed |
| 2017 | 176 | 1,104 | observed |
| 2018 | 149 | 1,238 | observed |
| 2019 | 147 | 1,271 | observed |
| 2020 | 124 | 1,398 | observed |
| 2021 | 145 | 1,300 | observed |
| 2022 | 104 | 1,652 | observed |
| 2023 | 84 | 1,875 | observed |
| 2024 | 77 | 1,997 | observed |
| 2025 | 101 | 1,654 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Cortez” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
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Read our methodology04 / Through time
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
