Cotton Popularity by Year
Follow Cotton across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Cotton birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 9 | #8,243 | Up 69 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 9 | #8,312 | Down 1,415 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 12 | #6,897 | Up 871 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 10 | #7,768 | Down 1,433 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 13 | #6,335 | Down 884 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 16 | #5,451 | Down 971 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 22 | #4,480 | Up 259 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 20 | #4,739 | Up 558 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 17 | #5,297 | Down 173 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 18 | #5,124 | Down 1,611 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 31 | #3,513 | Up 879 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 22 | #4,392 | Up 229 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 20 | #4,621 | Up 1,685 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 13 | #6,306 | Down 2,796 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 30 | #3,510 | Up 1,741 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 17 | #5,251 | Up 83 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 17 | #5,334 | Up 2,990 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 9 | #8,324 | Down 2,062 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 13 | #6,262 | Down 168 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 13 | #6,094 | Down 1,270 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 17 | #4,824 | Up 1,314 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 12 | #6,138 | Up 2,505 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 7 | #8,643 | Down 2,630 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 11 | #6,013 | Up 4,336 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 5 | #10,349 | Down 4,693 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 11 | #5,656 | Up 184 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 10 | #5,840 | Down 1,172 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 13 | #4,668 | Up 4,347 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 5 | #9,015 | Down 215 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 5 | #8,800 | Down 1,162 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 6 | #7,638 | Down 2,766 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 11 | #4,872 | Up 649 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 9 | #5,521 | Up 1,657 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 6 | #7,178 | Down 1,563 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 8 | #5,615 | Down 1,700 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 12 | #3,915 | Up 1,417 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 7 | #5,332 | Up 918 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 5 | #6,250 | Down 194 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 5 | #6,056 | Down 1,551 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 6 | #4,505 | Down 326 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 5 | #4,179 | — |