NameTides

Coast

Coast was the #874 boys' name in the US in 2025 (274 babies), and #2,014 in England & Wales and #1,251 in Canada.

Coast as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Coast as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Coast as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#874 (274)#2,014 (12)#1,251 (19)
2024#1,140 (185)#3,689 (5)#3,072 (5)
2023#1,591 (109)—#2,614 (6)
2022#2,217 (65)#3,450 (5)#2,229 (7)
2021#2,652 (48)——
2020#4,141 (24)——
2019#4,639 (21)#4,702 (3)—
2018#9,670 (7)——
2017#6,685 (12)——
2016#12,185 (5)——
2015#8,744 (8)——
2014#9,642 (7)#4,632 (3)—

Coast as a girl’s name

  • US
Coast as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020US
Coast as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2025#4,460 (31)
2024#6,932 (16)
2023#8,989 (11)
2022#9,680 (10)
2021#15,251 (5)
2020#11,090 (8)
2019#13,799 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #874.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2014.
  • In 2025, 10% of US babies named Coast were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,400uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 53,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Coast is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,400 to 1 in 4,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Coast by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #773INOhio: #750OHPennsylvania: #792PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #731CAUtah: #473UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #491AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #777TNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #853GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #730TXFlorida: #621FL
Coast (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CoastCanadaBoys#1,25119
CoastEngland & WalesBoys#2,01412
CoastNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
CoastUSGirls#4,46031
CoastUSBoys#874274