Fun Facts About the Name Cozette
- More than 1 thousand babies named Cozette: U.S. records list 1,562 babies given the name Cozette from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Cozette Mean?
Cozette is a spelling variant of the French feminine name Cosette. It is built with the French feminine diminutive ending -ette and is generally explained as a diminutive of Colette. Colette is itself a French pet form of Nicole, the feminine of Nicolas, which comes from Greek Nikolaos, formed from nike ("victory") and laos ("people"). The -ette ending carries a sense of smallness or affection, so the name works as an affectionate short form whose root meaning is "victory of the people" rather than a word with an independent meaning of its own.
Cozette Name History & Origins
Diminutive names in -ette are an old French pattern, seen in Annette, Jeannette, and Colette. Colette is the form that explains Cosette: Saint Colette of Corbie (born Nicole Boellet, 1381 - 1447), a reformer of the Franciscan Poor Clares, is an early documented bearer, showing the shift from Nicole to Colette in medieval French use. Cosette belongs to the same family of affectionate short forms.
The name became widely known through Victor Hugo's Les Misérables (1862), in which Cosette is the daughter of Fantine and the girl raised by Jean Valjean. That literary fame spread the name to readers well beyond France and remains its best-known association. The spelling Cozette, with z, is a variant that appears in English-language use alongside Cosette.
How Popular is the Name Cozette?
Cozette has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #1,890 in 1936.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,998 | 36 | 0.0022% |
| 2024 | #4,904 | 27 | 0.0017% |
| 2023 | #6,214 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2022 | #4,930 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2021 | #6,223 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2020 | #5,701 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2019 | #5,342 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2018 | #6,074 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2017 | #5,876 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2016 | #6,974 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2015 | #4,885 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2014 | #4,799 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2013 | #4,786 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2012 | #5,590 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2011 | #7,512 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2010 | #6,440 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2009 | #7,410 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2008 | #7,142 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2007 | #7,467 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2006 | #5,585 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2005 | #10,308 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #8,840 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #14,265 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #8,984 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #7,840 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #5,352 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1999 | #8,360 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1998 | #7,201 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1996 | #7,241 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1995 | #9,781 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #10,820 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #10,732 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #9,527 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #8,190 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #7,831 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1983 | #10,607 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #6,449 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1981 | #5,638 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1979 | #4,262 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 1978 | #6,500 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1977 | #5,589 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1976 | #4,397 | 14 | 0.0010% |
| 1975 | #3,979 | 16 | 0.0011% |
| 1974 | #6,362 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1973 | #4,935 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1972 | #3,427 | 18 | 0.0012% |
| 1971 | #3,390 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1970 | #3,327 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1969 | #2,715 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1968 | #2,806 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 1967 | #2,715 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 1966 | #3,171 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1965 | #2,480 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1964 | #2,689 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1963 | #2,794 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1962 | #3,057 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1961 | #3,819 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1960 | #2,919 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1959 | #2,609 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1958 | #2,878 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1957 | #2,576 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1956 | #2,841 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1955 | #2,288 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1954 | #2,911 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1953 | #2,135 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1952 | #2,939 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1951 | #2,494 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1950 | #2,267 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1949 | #2,081 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1948 | #2,080 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1947 | #2,930 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1946 | #3,270 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1945 | #3,187 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1944 | #4,693 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1943 | #3,286 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1942 | #2,444 | 14 | 0.0010% |
| 1941 | #2,709 | 11 | 0.0009% |
| 1940 | #2,778 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1939 | #2,767 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1938 | #4,449 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1937 | #2,474 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1936 | #1,890 | 17 | 0.0016% |
| 1935 | #3,476 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1934 | #2,778 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1933 | #2,920 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1932 | #2,393 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1931 | #3,025 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1930 | #2,334 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1929 | #2,332 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1928 | #4,287 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1927 | #2,583 | 13 | 0.0011% |
| 1926 | #3,636 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1925 | #3,423 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1924 | #4,572 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1923 | #2,287 | 16 | 0.0013% |
| 1922 | #3,000 | 11 | 0.0009% |
| 1921 | #3,212 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1920 | #2,947 | 11 | 0.0009% |
| 1919 | #3,262 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1918 | #4,981 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1917 | #2,733 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1916 | #3,623 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1915 | #2,421 | 12 | 0.0012% |
| 1914 | #3,275 | 6 | 0.0008% |
| 1913 | #2,897 | 6 | 0.0010% |
| 1912 | #3,062 | 5 | 0.0009% |
| 1911 | #2,257 | 6 | 0.0014% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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