Cottie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cottie

The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Cottie between 1890 and 1950, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cottie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1950. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cottie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Cottie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cottie 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 33 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.