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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1913

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 110 recorded years as a table

Cortland, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1913	10
1914	23
1915	14
1916	11
1917	15
1918	9
1919	8
1920	7
1921	7
1922	6
1923	9
1924	6
1925	9
1926	7
1927	7
1928	8
1930	11
1931	8
1932	7
1933	5
1934	9
1935	12
1936	7
1938	7
1940	8
1941	4
1942	8
1943	4
1944	7
1945	6
1946	5
1947	5
1948	8
1949	5
1950	4
1951	5
1952	5
1953	6
1954	5
1955	3
1956	5
1957	3
1958	3
1959	3
1960	3
1961	6
1962	3
1963	4
1964	3
1965	8
1966	5
1967	6
1968	4
1969	3
1970	5
1971	4
1972	7
1973	3
1974	4
1975	6
1976	4
1977	9
1978	4
1979	5
1980	5
1981	6
1982	8
1983	6
1984	11
1985	8
1986	13
1987	17
1988	15
1989	16
1990	16
1991	27
1992	26
1993	20
1994	25
1995	27
1996	30
1997	28
1998	27
1999	28
2000	20
2001	17
2002	22
2003	18
2004	10
2005	15
2006	12
2007	16
2008	15
2009	19
2010	24
2011	33
2012	23
2013	26
2014	22
2015	24
2016	19
2017	15
2018	23
2019	13
2020	16
2021	11
2022	17
2023	16
2024	10
2025	16

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Cortland isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Cortland

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 27
Rank in 2025: #3,949
How rare: 1 in 63,262 boys
Since 1913: 2,145

Most popular in 2011, at 33 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 34% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.