Kostas
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Kostas is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Kostas mean?
Greek
A transliteration of the Greek male given name Κώστας (Kóstas).
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kostas a girl's or a boy's name?
Kostas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kostas in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 6 boys.
Kostas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
How popular is Kostas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Kostas, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1974, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the boys named Kostas in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kostas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,365 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
Names like Kostas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lucas Vinnie Theo Noah Jacob Atlas Caleb Alfie Nico Tobias Isaac Aris
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kostas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kostas, updated 20 October 2026.