Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Kortland isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kortland through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 152
- 152 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,246 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,246 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 196 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kortland’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Kortland, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys
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>99% boys
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90% boys · 10% girls
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“a beloved companion”
96% boys · 4% girls
Coehn
>99% boys
Carrson
>99% boys
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>99% boys