# Cosmo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cosmo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “order”, “ordered universe” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,955 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,949 / 6 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 735, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed by Scotland from Italy in the 18th century. An Italian variant of Cosimo, from the name Cosmas of a saint (martyred with his brother Damian in the fourth century), from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “order, ordered universe”).

## What it means

Cosmo is grouped under world.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 13,984 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 4,393 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5,522 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,651 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,054 |
| 2015 | 32 | 3,444 |
| 2016 | 21 | 4,652 |
| 2017 | 42 | 2,848 |
| 2018 | 41 | 2,903 |
| 2019 | 49 | 2,631 |
| 2020 | 60 | 2,271 |
| 2021 | 78 | 1,933 |
| 2022 | 99 | 1,708 |
| 2023 | 94 | 1,749 |
| 2024 | 99 | 1,688 |
| 2025 | 80 | 1,934 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 1,158 |
| 2012 | 22 | 1,191 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,404 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,498 |
| 2017 | 29 | 1,021 |
| 2018 | 23 | 1,158 |
| 2019 | 35 | 856 |
| 2020 | 41 | 766 |
| 2021 | 45 | 751 |
| 2022 | 37 | 844 |
| 2023 | 54 | 651 |
| 2024 | 46 | 747 |
| 2025 | 57 | 639 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Козмо
- Catalan: Cosme
- Finnish: Kuisma
- French: Côme
- Italian: Cosimo, Cosmo
- Romanian: Cosmin
- Russian: Кузьма́
- Spanish: Cosme

## People named Cosmo

- Cosmo Jarvis, British actor and musician
- Cosmo Gordon Lang, British archbishop and clergyman (1864-1945)
- Cosmo Hamilton, English novelist and playwright (1870–1942)
- Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon, British peer (1720-1752)
- Anthony Callea, Australian singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.