Cote — boys' name
163 babies named Cote in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
75% of everyone ever named Cote was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Cote in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cote
The Social Security Administration has registered 163 babies named Cote between 1987 and 2006, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cote currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cote performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Cote shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maine, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cote in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cote 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 163 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.
Cote at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cote popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1987
- Peak year (1993)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
163 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 18 births in a single year.
Cote by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 122 births that decade — 75% of Cote's all-time total
Cote decade highlights
- Peak decade 122 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Cote's strongest decade
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% of all-time use.
Cote by state
Where Cote concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maine | | 5 | 3.1% |
5 of 163 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Maine 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Maine accounts for 3.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1987–2006 (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.