Cosby
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1917
12 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
235
since 1908
Born a Cosby? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Cosby was most popular in 1917, when 12 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Cosby in 2025. Not recorded since 1975.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 6 | 4797 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 5 | 4136 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 5 | 3988 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 7 | 3201 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 6 | 3452 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 5 | 3690 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 6 | 3370 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 5 | 3560 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 6 | 3133 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 7 | 2829 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 7 | 2905 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 7 | 2854 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 9 | 2529 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 10 | 2368 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 5 | 3776 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 8 | 3022 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 12 | 2387 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 9 | 2912 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 12 | 2435 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 9 | 3023 |
| 1923 | 6 | 4376 | 9 | 2950 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 7 | 4023 | 8 | 3214 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 6 | 3815 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 10 | 2665 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 8 | 3096 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 12 | 2280 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 6 | 3392 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 7 | 2651 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1912 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 5 | 2398 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 5 | 2101 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 10% · boys 90% across all years