Cotina — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cotina

The Social Security Administration has registered 243 babies named Cotina between 1972 and 1980, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cotina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 109 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cotina performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 238 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Cotina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Cotina in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cotina 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 243 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.