Cosby — boys' name

What the Data Says About Cosby

The Social Security Administration has registered 212 babies named Cosby between 1914 and 1975, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cosby currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Cosby is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 23 additional births since 1908.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cosby performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Cosby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cosby in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cosby in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 212 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.