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Costa

Masculine

1916high 2021
#6803 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare12 boys in 2025

Costa entered the US charts in 1916, peaked at #2396 in 1935, ranks #6803 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Costa?

Costa first appears in US birth records in 1916 — 109 years ago. The typical Costa alive today was born around 1999, making them about 26 years old. About 200 people named Costa are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Costa most popular?

Costa peaked in 1935, reaching #2396 nationally. Today it ranks #6803, 4,407 places below that high. See the whole 1935 chart.

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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1916–20251890181219162025

US babies named Costa per year from 1916 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#23961910s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1916
Most boys named
202118 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2396reached in 1935
Change vs 2024
−29.4%12 in 2025, from 17
Costa sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2021, with 18 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Costa in other languages

Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida.

Costas among us

200

people named Costa are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 142,340 born in 2025 was named Costa

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Costa

#6803
Costa on the 2025 chart
#906
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Costa went to 12 boys in 2025, but Kosta is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 22, which makes it the 906th most-given boys’ name of the year — 5,897 places above the chart.

  • Costa12
  • Kosta10

About 1 boy in 77,640 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 142,340 for Costa itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Able test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Costa's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Able climbed just as high around 1918, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Able's path sketches the road Costa is walking now.

40%chance Costa will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Costa, aligned on its peakAble· peak 1918not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-20 yrs+70 yrsAble · #4157Costa today
Costa today is about where Able stood in 2008 — 90 years past a #2398-sized peak. By 2023, Able had settled around #4520.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Costa sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Costa beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Costa in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Costathis name12#6803Zeb12#6803Buster12#6803Fabien12#6803Eston12#6803

US boys given each name in 2025.

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Frequently asked

How many Costas are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Costa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Costa?
Costa is the most-used spelling in US records — 12 of the 22 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Kosta.
How popular is the name Costa in 2025?
Costa ranks #6803 among US boy names in 2025, with 12 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Costa?
About 1 in every 142,340 US boys born in 2025 was named Costa — 12 in all.
Will my child share the name Costa with classmates?
Costa will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Costa

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Zeb#6803 · Buster#6803 · Fabien#6803 · Eston#6803 · Tyjuan#6803 · Fuad#6803 · Aaiden#6803 · Sanford#6803

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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology

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