Cotie — unisex name
18 babies named Cotie in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Cotie was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Cotie in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cotie
The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Cotie between 1982 and 1989, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cotie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Cotie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 17 additional births since 1989.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cotie performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cotie 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 18 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.
Cotie at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cotie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1982
- Peak year (1989)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
18 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 7 births in a single year.
Cotie popularity over time — boys
17 total births recorded since 1989 (Cotie as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Cotie accounts for 49% of total recorded use across both genders.
Cotie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 18 births that decade — 100% of Cotie's all-time total
Cotie decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Cotie's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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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, 1982–1989 (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.