# Kostas (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kostas/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Costas |
| US babies named this | 372 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 372 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 18, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Greek Κώστας (Kóstas), from Medieval Greek forms of Koine Greek Κωνσταντῖνος (Kōnstantînos), from Latin Constantinus, q.v. Doublet of Constantine, Constantin, and Konstadinos.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 7 | 9,692 |
| 2007 | 10 | 7,924 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10,547 |
| 2009 | 12 | 7,056 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,499 |
| 2011 | 8 | 9,240 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,353 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,188 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13,180 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13,350 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13,245 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,392 |
| 2023 | 10 | 8,022 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10,247 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |

## People named Kostas

- Kostas Politis, basketball player (1942-2018)
- Kostas Kadis, Cypriot politician
- Kostas Mavrides, Cypriot politician
- Kostas Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer
- Kostas Kapitanis, Cypriot football referee
- Kostas Kotzias, Fencer, mayor of Athens (1892–1951)
- Costas Philippou, Cypriot martial artist

## 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.