Cotton
#7,234 most common boys' name of all time · #18,174 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1918–2025
Rank among boys
#7,234
Rank overall
#18,174 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
41 of 146
All-time
507
Since 2016
146
Peak year
2015 #3,529
Best rank
#3,525 2011
Girls
Boys
peak 31/yr
Cotton first appears in 1918. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,323 |
| 2024 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,408 |
| 2023 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,955 |
| 2022 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,838 |
| 2021 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,381 |
| 2020 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,498 |
| 2019 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,505 |
| 2018 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,777 |
| 2017 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,338 |
| 2016 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,164 |
| 2015 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,529 |
| 2014 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,418 |
| 2013 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,659 |
| 2012 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,358 |
| 2011 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,525 |
| 2010 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,291 |
| 2009 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,374 |
| 2008 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,411 |
| 2007 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,317 |
| 2006 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,149 |
| 2005 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,864 |
| 2004 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,197 |
| 2003 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,762 |
| 2001 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,085 |
| 2000 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,536 |
| 1999 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,723 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,919 |
| 1997 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,726 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,196 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,994 |
| 1993 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,827 |
| 1992 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,955 |
| 1991 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,601 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,353 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,773 |
| 1988 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,970 |
| 1986 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,485 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,516 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,334 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,707 |
| 1918 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,650 |