Koston — boys' name

What the Data Says About Koston

The Social Security Administration has registered 257 babies named Koston between 2002 and 2023, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Koston currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Koston performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 155 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Koston shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Koston in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Koston 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 257 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.