Cotton
Boy · KOT-un · English
Cotton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “at the cottages”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Cotton mean?
English: English surname from Old English cotum
“at the cottages”
The Puritan minister Cotton Mather was given his grandfather John Cotton's surname as a first name.
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Is Cotton a girl's or a boy's name?
Cotton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cotton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Cotton, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the boys named Cotton in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cotton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
Names like Cotton
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