How Many People Are Named Cosette?
people named Cosette are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 118,428 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,080 babies named Cosette in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
141 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From French chosette meaning "little thing". This is the nickname of the illegitimate daughter of Fantine in Victor Hugo's novel 'Les Misérables' (1862). Her real name is Euphrasie, though it is seldom used. In the novel young Cosette is the ward of the cruel Thénardiers until she is retrieved by Jean Valjean.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Cosette in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cosette alive today is about 18 years old, and 84% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cosette first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 2015, to 141 babies. In 2025, 113 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cosette has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,554, in 2015. In 2025 it ranked #1,780.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,780 |
| Best rank | #1,554 (2015) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,935 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cosette alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cosette were born in California than in any other state: about 436 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cosette was given 13.6 times as often in Utah, 3.2 times in Arizona and 2.6 times in California.
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