Cosmo

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592 · #1,932 for boys in 2025, 80 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1913 · 28 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,949
since 1910

Cosmo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Cosmo has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #930, 1913boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,93280
2024#1,68599
2023#1,74494
2022#13,5926#1,70699
2021#1,93178
2020#2,26460
2019#2,62649
2018#2,89341
2017#2,84042
2016#4,62421
2015#3,43132
2014#5,99714
2013#4,62120
2012#5,48216
2011#4,35622
2010#3,99425
2009#5,10218
2008#4,39522
2007#4,80819
2006#3,22733
2005#2,65341
2004#3,53426
2003#3,83822
2002#3,09529
2001#3,72122
2000#3,64022
1999#3,98618
1998#3,70819
1997#3,45520
1996#3,40620
1995#3,85416
1994#2,68527
1993#4,02015
1992#4,11414
1991#4,76011
1990#4,40712
1989#4,01713
1988#5,2008
1987#6,0896
1986#3,65312
1985#3,80511
1984#3,70111
1983#3,41112
1982#2,70917
1981#3,41212
1980#5,5256
1979#2,77716
1978#4,1578
1977#5,1236
1976#4,0128
1975#3,42810
1974#2,54915
1973#2,60614
1972#2,24317
1971#2,55814
1970#1,98920
1969#2,68211
1968#3,6736
1967#2,47011
1966#2,21613
1965#2,9828
1964#2,31013
1963#2,04416
1962#2,27913
1961#2,32213
1960#1,97317
1959#2,20014
1958#2,02616
1957#1,83719
1956#1,48028
1955#2,04815
1954#1,88717
1953#1,55124
1952#1,70120
1951#1,59822
1950#1,87916
1949#1,75418
1948#1,65620
1947#1,59922
1946#1,94914
1945#2,5748
1944#1,98813
1943#1,39925
1942#1,24431
1941#1,23029
1940#2,17911
1939#1,29726
1938#1,33725
1937#1,31326
1936#1,32625
1935#1,32626
1934#1,49821
1933#1,15932
1932#1,14135
1931#1,23931
1930#1,11639
1929#1,17335
1928#1,05743
1927#1,04145
1926#96350
1925#95650
1924#1,02048
1923#1,02647
1922#1,12040
1921#95354
1920#1,11940
1919#1,04742
1918#1,03143
1917#1,13235
1916#1,26528
1915#1,15931
1914#1,22123
1913#93028
1912#1,52711
1911#1,3877
1910#1,4216
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First appearance
1910

The first year at least five boys were named Cosmo! It came in at #1,421, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1910–1911, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 247 spots since 2024 (#1,685#1,932)
  • 332 spots since 2020 (#2,264#1,932)
  • 1,499 spots since 2015 (#3,431#1,932)
  • Biggest jump: 597 spots in 1913 (#1,527#930)
  • Biggest drop: 291 spots in 1914 (#930#1,221)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1910
  • Peaked 1913 at #930 (28 births)
  • Births halved by 1940, 27 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1925–1926
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,403
  • Highest: 1 in 17,403 boys born in 2024 were named Cosmo (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 21,351 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #930 in 1913, was only 1 in 18,306 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 17.3% of all boys named Cosmo (510) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s254#930 (1913)#1,212
1920s452#953 (1921)#1,043
1930s286#1,116 (1930)#1,275
1940s191#1,230 (1941)#1,757
1950s191#1,480 (1956)#1,821
1960s121#1,973 (1960)#2,495
1970s128#1,989 (1970)#3,144
1980s108#2,709 (1982)#4,152
1990s172#2,685 (1994)#3,840
2000s254#2,653 (2005)#3,801
2010s282#2,626 (2019)#4,086
2020s510#1,685 (2024)#1,877

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cosmo in 1932

boys
#1,141
35 births · 1 in 29,833 boys

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #1,141Cosmo35
More about 1932

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 29,833 of them was named Cosmo, which outranked 73.4% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cosmo
  1. #1,126Turner36
  2. #1,126Wendel36
  3. #1,126Zack36
  4. #1,141Cosmo35
  5. #1,141Abelardo35
  6. #1,141Allyn35
  7. #1,141Darvin35
  8. #1,157Anselmo34
  9. #1,157Arlon34
  10. #1,157Boris34

Tied with 15 names at #1,141; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 2,418Delano#3,095#677
  2. 969Garner#1,643#674
  3. 868Ronny#1,770#902
  4. 713Darryl#1,693#980
  5. 609Marc#1,589#980
Fallers
  1. 467Jones#959#1,426
  2. 455Hamilton#831#1,286
  3. 393Hyman#697#1,090
  4. 373Davey#983#1,356
  5. 341Hayes#983#1,324

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1932