Cosette
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- koh-ZET
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,777 for girls
Cosette is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “little thing”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 1,777th for girls in the US (113 babies).
What does Cosette mean?
French: coined by Victor Hugo, perhaps from French chose, thing
“little thing”
In Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, Cosette is the nickname of the orphan Euphrasie, adopted by Jean Valjean.
Is Cosette a girl's or a boy's name?
Cosette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 113 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cosette in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Cosette, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2019, with 9 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Cosette in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
How popular is Cosette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,777among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 113about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 113 girls in the US were named Cosette, making it the 1,777th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,860th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 141 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had more girls named Cosette than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Cosette in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 149 girls in the US were given Cosette or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,282, up from #1,777 for this spelling alone.
- Cosette 113
- Cozette 36
Cosette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | #1,777 |
| 2024 | 105 | #1,895 |
| 2023 | 106 | #1,878 |
| 2022 | 98 | #1,992 |
| 2021 | 100 | #1,955 |
| 2020 | 104 | #1,860 |
| 2019 | 95 | #2,011 |
| 2018 | 112 | #1,813 |
| 2017 | 121 | #1,744 |
| 2016 | 120 | #1,735 |
| 2015 | 141 | #1,554 |
| 2014 | 110 | #1,838 |
| 2013 | 115 | #1,775 |
| 2012 | 86 | #2,189 |
| 2011 | 76 | #2,415 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,869 |
| 2009 | 85 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 49 | #3,376 |
| 2007 | 58 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 67 | #2,669 |
| 2005 | 60 | #2,752 |
| 2004 | 60 | #2,707 |
| 2003 | 46 | #3,183 |
| 2002 | 58 | #2,639 |
| 2001 | 77 | #2,122 |
| 2000 | 61 | #2,476 |
| 1999 | 53 | #2,637 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,113 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,362 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,232 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 28 | #3,716 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,788 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,231 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,149 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,320 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,094 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,449 |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,515 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,725 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,216 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,339 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,525 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
Names like Cosette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme Celine Phoebe Willow Maeve Harper Myla Mila Maisie Ivy Isla Lyra
Other spellings of Cosette
More French names
Eleanor Beau Darcie Darcy Genevieve Amy Esmae Arleth Elle Russell Monty Mallory Percy Lacey Belle Quincy
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cosette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cosette, updated 20 October 2026.