Kosta — #5702 US boys' name
406 babies named Kosta in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 60% of names given to boys today.
33% of everyone ever named Kosta was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Kosta in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kosta
The Social Security Administration has registered 406 babies named Kosta between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kosta currently holds the #5702 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kosta performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 132 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kosta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kosta in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kosta 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 406 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.
Kosta at a glance
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Current rank
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Kosta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1960
- Peak year (2022)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
Currently ranks #5702 among boys.
406 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 23 births in a single year.
Kosta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 132 births that decade — 33% of Kosta's all-time total
Kosta decade highlights
- Peak decade 132 births
- Runner-up 84 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kosta's strongest decade
132 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Kosta by state
Where Kosta concentrates geographically — total births since 1960
Top 5 states
- Illinois 1.7% of nationwide
- Florida 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 1.7% 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, 1960–2024 (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.