Kosta
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOS-ta
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Kosta is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “steadfast, constant”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Kosta mean?
Latin: Slavic and Greek short form of Konstantin (Constantine)
“steadfast, constant”
Constantine the Great, the first Christian Roman emperor, founded Constantinople.
Is Kosta a girl's or a boy's name?
Kosta is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kosta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Kosta, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1960.
2025 had fewer boys named Kosta than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Kosta in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kosta in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
Names like Kosta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koda, Kairo, Luca, Ezra, Kaizen, Kota, Kenzo, Koa, Kingston, Callum, Kashton, Kasai
Names related to Kosta
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
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, “Kosta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kosta, updated 20 October 2026.