Boys' name · since 1970
Cosmos
Since 1970, U.S. Social Security records show 52 babies named Cosmos, peaking in 1970. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,870 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,070 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 52
- born since 1970
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Cosmos is the #9070 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 52 recorded since 1970.
Cosmos has 52 recorded births among boys since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9070 as of the latest data, more common than 35% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #21,870 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,070 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 52 born since 1970
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cosmos ranks #21,870 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,070 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 52 born since 1970, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,870 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,070 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 52
- born since 1970
- 2020s
- peak decade
Cosmos's 52 recorded births place it above 51.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Cosmos compares
52 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
Cosmos's all-time total is 86% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cosmos | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 52 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Cosmos's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cosmos's full recorded timeline at 2020, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1970 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cosmos popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (1970)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Cosmos by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (31 births, 60% of the file).
2020s was Cosmos's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Cosmos births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 9
1970s
9 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 31 births (60% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cosmos: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Cosmos 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.