Masculine dossier · first seen 1882
Cortez
Stable Decline
Gradual decline from 1990
Peak era
1990
Peak births
346
Current vitality
Fragile
Peak generation
Millennial
Quick answers about Cortez
How many people are named Cortez?
An estimated 10,045 living Americans are named Cortez.
How rare is Cortez?
Cortez is uncommon among babies today, with 101 boys receiving the name in 2025, down 70.8% from its 1990 peak.
How old is the typical Cortez?
The median age of a living American named Cortez is approximately 29 years, with most bearers falling between 17 and 38 years old.
Is Cortez still popular?
Not especially. Cortez has been declining since its 1990 peak and registered 101 births in 2025.
Where is Cortez most common?
Cortez has its strongest geographic signal in Mississippi, where it appears 6.7× more often than the national baseline.
1882Peak 19902025
Peak year
1990
Decline from peak
70.8%
2025
101
All-time
10,899
Where it lives now
Cortez is most concentrated in Mississippi — about 6.7× the national rate in the 1990s.
States where Cortez is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.