NameTides

Cosmo

Cosmo was the #1,932 boys' name in the US in 2025 (80 babies), and #639 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Cosmo as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Cosmo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesIrelandUSCanada
Cosmo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,932 (80)#639 (57)—#829 (3)#2,789 (6)
2024#1,685 (99)#747 (46)——#1,432 (15)
2023#1,744 (94)#651 (54)#728 (3)—#1,592 (12)
2022#1,706 (99)#844 (37)——#1,653 (11)
2021#1,931 (78)#751 (45)——#1,898 (9)
2020#2,264 (60)#766 (41)———
2019#2,626 (49)#856 (35)———
2018#2,893 (41)#1,158 (23)——#1,983 (8)
2017#2,840 (42)#1,021 (29)———
2016#4,624 (21)#1,498 (17)#707 (3)——
2015#3,431 (32)#1,279 (20)———
2014#5,997 (14)#1,486 (16)———
2013#4,621 (20)#1,404 (17)#687 (3)——
2012#5,482 (16)#1,191 (22)———
2011#4,356 (22)#1,158 (22)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,706.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1910.

How common is it?

about 1 in 21,000 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 21,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Cosmo is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 19,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 24,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cosmo by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,299CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Cosmo (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2178

Cosmo (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CosmoCanadaBoys#2,7896
CosmoEngland & WalesBoys#63957
CosmoIrelandBoys#8293
CosmoScotlandBoys—too few
CosmoUSGirls—too few
CosmoUSBoys#1,93280