Costa — #5462 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Costa

The Social Security Administration has registered 325 babies named Costa between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Costa currently holds the #5462 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Costa performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Costa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Costa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Costa 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 325 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.