Girls' name · since 1963
Cosandra
Cosandra has 135 recorded births since 1963 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,851 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cosandra is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 135 have been recorded since 1963.
Social Security Administration records show Cosandra recorded 135 times among girls since 1963, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 1986.
- #23,851 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 135 born since 1963
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cosandra ranks #23,851 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 135 born since 1963, peaking in the 1970s.
- #23,851 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cosandra's 135 recorded births place it above 66.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cosandra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cosandra splits its recorded history at 1972: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cosandra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1986
- Peak year (1971)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Cosandra by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (68 births, 50% of the file).
1970s was Cosandra's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Cosandra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
57 births
- 1970s
1970s
68 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 68 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Cosandra's decade-level peak was the 1970s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cosandra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1963–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cosandra draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.