Boys' name · since 2002
Koston
Koston has 263 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,373 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,308 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 263
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Koston currently ranks #11308 among boys' names in America, with 263 babies recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Koston has been recorded 263 times among boys since 2002, currently ranked #11308 nationally and more common than 19% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #11,373 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,308 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 263 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Koston ranks #11,373 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,308 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 263 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,373 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,308 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 263
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Koston's 263 recorded births place it above 74.97% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Koston compares
263 43rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Koston's all-time total is 29% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Koston | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 263 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 34 | 22,252 |
Koston's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Koston splits its recorded history at 2014: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2005 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Koston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Koston by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (155 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Koston's strongest decade.
155 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Koston births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
68 births
- 2010s
2010s
155 births
- 2020s 40
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 155 births (59% of all-time use).
Koston by state
Where Koston concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 27 | 10.3% |
27 of 263 births nationwide.
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What to do with Koston's data
- Koston's decade-level peak was the 2010s (155 total births); usage has since declined to 40 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kostons (27 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Koston: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2002–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Koston draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.