Girl’s name · Italian, Greek

Cosima

How to say it: koh-SEE-muh · /koʊˈsiːmə/

Feminine of Cosimo, from Greek 'kosmos' for 'order, beauty' - known via Cosima Wagner.

Cosima was the 4,758th most popular girls’ name in the United States in 2025, given to 19 babies (Social Security Administration). Its busiest decade was the 2010s, its births are down about 8% in ten years, and it is projected to slip to #6,832 by 2030.

Updated · SSA 2025 data, published May 2026 · Insee 2025 data, published July 2026 · How we compute these figures

#4,758for girls in 2025
1 in 174,491US babies
19born in 2025
#6,832projected for 2030
2010sits peak decade
under 1 in 200chance a classmate shares it

Key facts

Key facts about Cosima
Rank among girls’ names, 2025#4,758
Babies born in 202519
Share of births1 in 174,491
Peak decade2010s
Change over 10 years−8%
Projected rank for 2030 (estimate)#6,832
In France, 2025#1,126 among girls’ names, 20 births

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France). How we compute these figures.

Its life, decade by decade

Cosima is a newcomer: almost all of its history is from the last forty years.

1900195020002020–25
Peak: 12 per million births, 2010s.

What goes with it

Nicknames

  • Cosi
  • Coco

Honouring a Cosima in the family

In the classroom

In a class of 25 children born in 2025, the chance that another child is called Cosima is about under 1 in 200.

Around the world

This spelling is used in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish.

In France: #1,126 for girls in 2025.

Famous people named Cosima

  • Cosima Wagner (1837–1930)Daughter of the Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt and wife of Hans von Bülow and Richard Wagner
  • Cosima von Bonin (born 1962)German artist, installation artist and painter
  • Lady Cosima Windsor (born 2010)Noblewoman; daughter of Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster, and Claire Windsor, Countess of Ulster; granddaughter of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester

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