Cosme
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOHS-meh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Cosme is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “order, decency”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Cosme mean?
Greek: Spanish and Portuguese form of Cosmas, from kosmos
“order, decency”
Saints Cosmas and Damian were twin physicians martyred in the early 4th century.
Is Cosme a girl's or a boy's name?
Cosme is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cosme in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Cosme, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1909.
2025 had more boys named Cosme than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Cosme in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cosme in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,095 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,790 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 21 | #1,981 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,189 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,218 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,043 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,402 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,889 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 17 | #1,848 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,776 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Cosme: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cosme, updated 20 October 2026.