Cott — boys' name
30 babies named Cott in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
83% of everyone ever named Cott was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Cott in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cott
The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Cott between 1973 and 1987, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cott currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cott performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Cott shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cott 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 30 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.
Cott at a glance
Last recorded 1987Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cott popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1973
- Peak year (1984)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1987.
30 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 7 births in a single year.
Cott by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 25 births that decade — 83% of Cott's all-time total
Cott decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Cott's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 83% 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, 1973–1987 (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.