Coast

Coast: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“seashore”
Origin
English
Say it
KOHST · 1 syllable
Used for
Boys (90% of all uses)

From the English vocabulary word coast, ultimately from Latin costa meaning rib or side. As a first name it is a modern word-name.

How popular is Coast?

202460.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Coast in 2024199

2024 rank#1,142 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 1880545

Coast is rising: use over the last five years is 49.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Coast

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • JackGod is gracious · English
  • Hudsonson of Hudd · English
  • Jacksonson of Jack · English
  • Cartercart driver · English
  • Wyattbrave in war · English
  • Maverickindependent person · English
  • Masonstoneworker · English
  • Graysonson of the steward · English

Coast questions

What does the name Coast mean?

Coast means "seashore". It comes from English. From the English vocabulary word coast, ultimately from Latin costa meaning rib or side. As a first name it is a modern word-name.

Is Coast a boy or girl name?

Coast is mainly a boy's name in US records (90% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Coast?

199 US babies were named Coast in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Coast?

Coast is usually pronounced KOHST.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.