Costella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Costella

The Social Security Administration has registered 428 babies named Costella between 1912 and 1967, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Costella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1967. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Costella performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Costella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Costella in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Costella 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 428 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.