Cosmo
Cosmo is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 99 births. Its best rank was 933rd, in 1913.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 990.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 202299 births
- Best rank
- #933in 1913
- Since 1910
- 2,869people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,869 boys have been named Cosmo in the United States since 1910, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 99 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 1920s alone account for 16%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Cosmo | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 254 | |
| 1920s | 452 | |
| 1930s | 286 | |
| 1940s | 191 | |
| 1950s | 191 | |
| 1960s | 121 | |
| 1970s | 128 | |
| 1980s | 108 | |
| 1990s | 172 | |
| 2000s | 254 | |
| 2010s | 282 | |
| 2020s | 430 |
In 2022, its biggest year
Cosmo was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Cosmo
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hanselpeak 2021
- Windsorpeak 2024
- Arminpeak 2023
- Cosimopeak 1927
- Elsonpeak 1924
- Kalmanpeak 2017
- Harlenpeak 1936
- Berlpeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.