Boys' name · since 1916
Costa
Costa has 337 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,952 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,847 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 337
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
Costa currently ranks #6847 among boys' names in America, with 337 babies recorded since 1916.
Costa has 337 recorded births among boys since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6847 as of the latest data, more common than 51% 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 1916 to 2025.
- #9,952 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,847 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 337 born since 1916
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Costa ranks #9,952 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,847 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 337 born since 1916, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,952 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,847 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 337
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
Costa's 337 recorded births place it above 78.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Costa compares
337 48th 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
Costa's all-time total is 9% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Costa | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 337 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Costa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Costa splits its recorded history at 1977: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1920 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Costa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Costa by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (78 births, 23% of the file).
2020s was Costa's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Costa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 13
1910s
13 births
- 1920s
1920s
44 births
- 1930s 17
1930s
17 births
- 1940s 23
1940s
23 births
- 1950s 22
1950s
22 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 31
1970s
31 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 23
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s
2020s
78 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 78 births (23% of all-time use).
Costa by state
Where Costa concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 6 | 1.8% |
6 of 337 births nationwide.
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What to do with Costa's data
- Florida records the most Costas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~109 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, 1916–2025 (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 Costa 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.