Cotton is a distinctive boys' name in United States, ranking #9268 in 1996 with 5 recorded births. This places Cotton in the bottom 12% of ranked US boys' names for the year. Its actual usage is classified as Rare. The name reached its all-time peak in 2015 with 31 births ranking #3526. In 1996, approximately 1 in every 378,847 boys born was named Cotton. FALLING Recent data shows the name is currently falling.