Cozette
A French feminine name derived from the French word for "little thing".
Name Census estimates that about 1,089 living Americans carry the first name Cozette. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Cozette today is around 39 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Cozette births was 2013 (29 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Cozette. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
1.1K
~ 1 in 314,742 Americans
Peak year
2013
29 babies that year
Average age
39
years old
2024 SSA rank
#4,904
Tracked since 1911
Census
Cozette in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,023 people with the first name Cozette, which placed it at #12,227 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#12,227
National first-name rank
People counted
1.0K
1,023 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.3
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
59.2% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Cozette
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Cozette is White at 59.2%. The next largest groups are Black (24.5%) and Hispanic (8.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Cozette described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Cozette at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White59.2% · 606
- Black or African American24.5% · 251
- Hispanic or Latino8.0% · 82
- Two or more races4.9% · 50
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.5% · 26
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.8% · 8
Popularity
Cozette: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Cozette from the 1910s through to the 2020s, spanning 12 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 228 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Cozette remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Cozette by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Cozette during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Cozettes live
The SSA's state-level files cover 5 states and territories. California, Utah, Illinois recorded the most babies named Cozette, while Oklahoma, Texas, Illinois recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 25 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Cozette
The name Cozette is a variant spelling of the French name Cosette, which itself is a diminutive form of the name Nicolette. Nicolette stems from the Greek name Nikolaos, meaning "victory of the people." The earliest known use of the name Cozette dates back to the 19th century novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, published in 1862. In the novel, Cosette is the name of a young, impoverished girl who is adopted by the protagonist Jean Valjean.
While the name Cozette does not have any direct historical references outside of its literary origins, its root name Nicolette has been documented in various European records dating back to the Middle Ages. One notable historical figure with the name Nicolette was Nicolette de la Haye, a 13th-century French poet and trobairitz (a female troubadour) who composed lyric poetry in the Occitan language.
Another early example of the name Cozette can be found in the 1873 novel The Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner, where one of the main characters is named Cosette. However, it is unclear if Schreiner was directly inspired by Victor Hugo's Cosette or if it was a coincidental use of the name.
In the 20th century, one of the most famous individuals named Cosette was Cosette Thomas, an American actress born in 1923 and best known for her roles in films such as The Farmer's Daughter (1947) and The Robe (1953).
Another notable Cosette was Cosette Zintgraff, a German-born South African artist and sculptor active in the mid-20th century. She is particularly known for her sculptures and public artworks in Johannesburg and other South African cities.
Additionally, Cosette Haw was an American painter and illustrator born in 1910, who was celebrated for her portraits and landscape paintings depicting scenes from her native Utah.
People
Cozette + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Cozette as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with C
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Cozette: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Cozette?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,089 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Cozette going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 314,742 US residents.
Is Cozette a common name?
We classify Cozette as "Rare". It ranks above 90.7% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,526 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Cozette most popular?
The single biggest year for Cozette was 2013, when 29 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Cozette is about 39 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Cozette in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,023 people with the name Cozette, or 0.34 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #12,227 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Cozette in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Cozette?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Cozette appears almost entirely female. Of the 1,015 people counted with this name, 100.0% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Cozette?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Cozette is White at 59.2%. The next largest groups are Black (24.5%) and Hispanic (8.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Cozette most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Cozette in the 2020 Census, accounting for 59.2% (606 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Cozette in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Cozette a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Cozette in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Cozette still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Cozette in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Cozette can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are called Cozette?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.