Koast
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOHST
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,708 for boys
Koast is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “seashore”. In 2025 it ranked 1,708th for boys in the US (95 babies).
What does Koast mean?
English: spelling of Coast; English word name
“seashore”
The English word comes, via French, from Latin costa, 'rib, side'.
Meaning borrowed from Coast.
Is Koast a girl's or a boy's name?
Koast is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls and 95 boys in the US.
How popular is Koast in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,708th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 95 about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 95 boys in the US were named Koast, making it the 1,708th most popular name for boys. It first appears in the records in 2019. 11 girls were also named Koast in 2025 (8,858th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Koast of any year since it first appeared, in 2019.
Half of all the boys named Koast in the US since 1880 were born between 2024 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 369 boys in the US were given Koast or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #679, up from #1,708 for this spelling alone.
- Coast 274
- Koast 95
Koast in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95 | #1,708 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
Names like Koast
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru, Kairo, Chozen, Kaizen, Koa, Truce, Kenzo, Kasai, Saint, Koe, Dutton, Kylo
Other spellings of Koast
Names related to Koast
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Koast: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/koast, updated 20 October 2026.