Kostas
#8,599 most common boys' name of all time · #21,734 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1961–2025
Rank among boys
#8,599
Rank overall
#21,734 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
372
Since 2016
42
Peak year
1974 #2,440
Best rank
#2,440 1974
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Kostas first appears in 1961. 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 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,891 |
| 2023 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,860 |
| 2022 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,013 |
| 2020 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,893 |
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,457 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,515 |
| 2015 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,406 |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,425 |
| 2012 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,031 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,958 |
| 2010 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,287 |
| 2009 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,912 |
| 2008 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,095 |
| 2007 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,737 |
| 2005 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,343 |
| 2002 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,218 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,005 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,423 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,595 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,554 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,326 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,197 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,269 |
| 1985 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,199 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,916 |
| 1983 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,013 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1981 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,329 |
| 1980 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,750 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,642 |
| 1978 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,749 |
| 1977 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,750 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,721 |
| 1975 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,161 |
| 1974 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,440 |
| 1973 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,172 |
| 1972 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,294 |
| 1971 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,452 |
| 1970 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,259 |
| 1969 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,306 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,612 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,435 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,446 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,561 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,625 |