Costa
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOS-ta
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Costa is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “steadfast, constant”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Costa mean?
Latin: spelling of Kosta; Slavic and Greek short form of Konstantin (Constantine)
“steadfast, constant”
Constantine the Great, the first Christian Roman emperor, founded Constantinople.
Meaning borrowed from Kosta.
Is Costa a girl's or a boy's name?
Costa 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 Costa 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 Costa, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Costa in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Costa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
Names like Costa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ezra Luca August Leo Oliver Asa Milo Callum Lucian Felix Nova Caius
Names related to Costa
More Latin names
Olivia Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Lucy Julian Clara Anthony Austin
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, “Costa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/costa, updated 20 October 2026.