Costas
Kostas or Costas is a Greek given name and surname. As a given name, it can be a hypocorism for Konstantinos (Constantine).
Meaning & Origin of Costas
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kostas or Costas is a Greek given name and surname. As a given name, it can be a hypocorism for Konstantinos (Constantine).
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The Story of Costas
American parents first put Costas on the record books as a baby boy name in 1916, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1922, when 9 Costass were born — ranking #3,014 that year. Costas last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 285 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Costas
Costas is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 285 births in the dataset. Costas's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #3,014. Use the chart and map above to compare Costas's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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