Boys' name · since 2012
Cosmas
Since 2012, U.S. Social Security records show 49 babies named Cosmas, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,279 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,391 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 49
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Cosmas currently ranks #10391 among boys' names in America, with 49 babies recorded since 2012.
Social Security Administration records show Cosmas recorded 49 times among boys since 2012, holding rank #10391 nationally today, ahead of 25% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #22,279 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,391 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 49 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cosmas ranks #22,279 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,391 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 49 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,279 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,391 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 49
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Cosmas's 49 recorded births place it above 50.74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Cosmas compares
49 17th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cosmas's all-time total is 87% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cosmas | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 49 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Cosmas's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cosmas's full recorded timeline at 2022, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cosmas popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Cosmas by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (34 births, 69% of the file).
2020s was Cosmas's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Cosmas births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
15 births
- 2020s
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 34 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cosmas: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~13 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, 2012–2025 (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 Cosmas 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.