Recorded 1997–2012 Girls' name Peak 1997 46 births

Cossette — girls' name

46 babies named Cossette in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s182000s172010s11
1990s
Peak decade

39% of everyone ever named Cossette was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

6 babies were named Cossette in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Cossette

The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Cossette between 1997 and 2012, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cossette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cossette performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Cossette shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cossette 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 46 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.

Cossette at a glance

Last recorded 2012

Total births

46

Since 1997

16 years of records

Peak year

1997

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2012

Active since

1997

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2012

Cossette popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1997

Last recorded 2012
Peak year (1997)
6
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
4.555.566.5 20122011200720022000199919981997 6

Cossette by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
18 births that decade — 39% of Cossette's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Cossette?
46 babies have been named Cossette since 1997. It was last recorded in 2012. The peak year was 1997 with 6 births.
When was Cossette most popular?
Cossette was most popular in the 1990s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
How long has the name Cossette been used?
Cossette has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 16 years of data through 2012.
What names are similar to Cossette?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Cosette, Costella, Cosima, Cosandra, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.