Cosmo

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Cosmo: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Cosmo: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #651, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#651highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#1761
1998	#1263
1999	#869
2000	#1096
2001	#947
2002	#993
2003	#912
2004	#970
2005	#1246
2006	#984
2007	#1014
2008	#1294
2009	#1067
2010	#1201
2011	#1158
2012	#1191
2013	#1404
2014	#1486
2015	#1279
2016	#1498
2017	#1021
2018	#1158
2019	#856
2020	#766
2021	#751
2022	#844
2023	#651
2024	#747

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2020 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #651 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #747 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Cosmo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cosmo in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	39	4 of 10	10
2000s	194	10 of 10	19
2010s	222	10 of 10	22
2020sbusiest	223	5 of 10	45

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 45 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Cosmo appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #651 in England and Wales in 2023.

Cosmo's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#747	46	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#651	54	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#844	37	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#751	45	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#766	41	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#856	35	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1158	23	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1021	29	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1279	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1486	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1191	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1158	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1201	21	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1067	24	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1294	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1014	24	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#984	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1246	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#970	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#912	21	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#993	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#947	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1096	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#869	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #651, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 54 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2025, and 29 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Courtney · #8, 41y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Arisha · #654, 27y
Anuoluwapo · #655, 26y
Areeba · #655, 29y
Benita · #655, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Arisha · #654, 27y
Nyle · #654, 29y
Shyam · #654, 27y
Yumna · #654, 29y

Cosmo was ranked #651 in England and Wales · Boys in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Cosmo and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cosmo without appearing here.

Cosmo moved ahead of

Leif Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2020 and #1591 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #869 and #2943.
Robyn Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2020 and #1765 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1096 and #3036.
Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1246 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #984 and #2538.
Murray Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1498 and #1271 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1021 and #2324.

Moved ahead of Cosmo

Tadhg Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1486 and #1630 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1279 and #996.
Hudson Compare
In 2004 they stood at #970 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1246 and #982.
Cooper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #912 and #1248 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #970 and #731.
Kasper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #984 and #1168 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1014 and #820.

Moved the opposite way to Cosmo

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cosmo went from #2020 to #747 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cosmo went from #2020 to #747 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cosmo went from #2020 to #747 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cosmo went from #2020 to #747 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Cosmo

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cosmo went from #2020 to #747 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cosmo went from #2020 to #747 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cosmo went from #2020 to #747 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cosmo went from #2020 to #747 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #651 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Cosmo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Cosmo at a glance

Cosmo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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