Cooper

#1,241 for girls in 2025, 181 births · #27 for boys in 2025, 7,472 births
Given to boys 97.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 7,472 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
19 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
123,702
since 1882

Cooper over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,241181#277,472
2024#1,505144#505,715
2023#1,387162#525,445
2022#1,497145#535,631
2021#1,612130#684,673
2020#1,721117#754,592
2019#1,919103#804,557
2018#1,852109#834,473
2017#1,98999#884,618
2016#1,704125#794,974
2015#1,850111#775,272
2014#1,714122#864,851
2013#1,880107#844,898
2012#1,918103#835,194
2011#1,857108#825,176
2010#2,25885#755,260
2009#2,51075#845,072
2008#1,789122#925,051
2007#2,034100#964,622
2006#2,63168#1133,747
2005#2,52468#1203,393
2004#2,15583#1333,045
2003#3,29144#1672,368
2002#3,88933#1961,931
2001#4,56426#2021,804
2000#4,52726#2411,405
1999#5,03921#2611,190
1998#5,12320#2541,177
1997#4,23925#315839
1996#4,73921#363668
1995#5,22118#376632
1994#4,23824#439518
1993#13,4425#491426
1992#7,51211#546349
1991#10,2717#624267
1990#6,13114#706208
1989#749174
1988#5,89513#783145
1987#793136
1986#886105
1985#8,3187#857110
1984#91792
1983#1,04971
1982#99183
1981#1,27052
1980#1,29152
1979#1,30450
1978#2,20521
1977#1,82328
1976#2,17721
1975#2,13421
1974#1,79026
1973#2,40516
1972#2,65913
1971#1,91622
1970#1,98920
1969#2,54912
1968#2,31113
1967#3,2317
1966#2,04315
1965#1,51326
1964#1,43530
1963#1,90218
1962#3,0418
1961#2,32213
1960#2,31513
1959#3,0378
1958#3,2757
1957#2,63110
1956#2,09115
1955#1,97916
1954#2,31612
1953#1,95816
1952#2,51410
1951#1,72519
1950#3,6815
1949#2,6069
1948#2,44310
1947#2,07614
1946#1,64219
1945#1,85214
1944#2,30910
1943#2,7328
1942#2,14512
1941#2,08312
1940#2,4789
1939#1,95813
1938#1,52120
1937#2,4799
1936#1,58718
1935#1,75716
1934#2,26611
1933#2,36810
1932#2,31311
1931#2,32811
1930#1,88916
1929#1,56422
1928#2,8439
1927#2,03416
1926#1,78719
1925#1,93517
1924#2,04316
1923#2,02016
1922#1,82719
1921#1,90418
1920#1,74720
1919#1,53123
1918#1,44625
1917#1,98615
1916#1,59420
1915#1,66018
1914#2,10110
1913#1,58012
1912#1,02320
1911#1,11710
1910#1,04510
1909#1,0209
1908
1907
1906
1905#1,2335
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900#1,1626
1899
1898#1,0026
1897
1896#1,1015
1895#1,0795
1894#1,0745
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889#9745
1888
1887#9215
1886#8456
1885#7008
1884
1883
1882#8376
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Cooper! It came in at #837, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Cooper
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 23 spots since 2024 (#50#27)
  • 48 spots since 2020 (#75#27)
  • 50 spots since 2015 (#77#27)
  • Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1982 (#1,270#991)
  • Biggest drop: 145 spots in 1886 (#700#845)
Rise & fade · boys
143 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 2025 at #27 (7,472 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 19 yrs · run 2007–2025
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1984–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 229
  • Highest: 1 in 229 boys born in 2025 were named Cooper (0.44%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 39.8% of all boys named Cooper (49,273) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s30#700 (1885)#855
1890s21#1,002 (1898)#1,064
1900s20#1,020 (1909)#1,138
1910s163#1,023 (1912)#1,508
1920s172#1,564 (1929)#1,970
1930s135#1,521 (1938)#2,047
1940s117#1,642 (1946)#2,237
1950s118#1,725 (1951)#2,521
1960s155#1,435 (1964)#2,266
1970s238#1,304 (1979)#2,040
1980s1,020#749 (1989)#959
1990s6,274#254 (1998)#438
2000s32,438#84 (2009)#144
2010s49,273#75 (2010)#82
2020s33,528#27 (2025)#54

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cooper in 1882

boys
#837
6 births · 1 in 18,948 boys

Top boys' names in 1882

  1. #1John9,557
  2. #2William9,298
  3. #3James5,892
  4. #4George5,193
  5. #5Charles5,091
  6. #6Frank3,176
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Thomas2,610
  9. #9Henry2,579
  10. #10Robert2,500
  11. #837Cooper6
More about 1882

boys

113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 18,948 of them was named Cooper, which outranked 23.8% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cooper
  1. #754Wheeler7
  2. #754Williams7
  3. #754Worth7
  4. #837Cooper6
  5. #837Addie6
  6. #837Alan6
  7. #837Alberto6
  8. #943Ab5
  9. #943Adolf5
  10. #943Alby5

Tied with 105 names at #837; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. 467Clarance#866#399
  2. 429Webster#866#437
  3. 365Neil#781#416
  4. 352Cliff#866#514
  5. 352Elmore#866#514
Fallers
  1. 501Verne#442#943
  2. 483Newell#460#943
  3. 456Merritt#487#943
  4. 440Solon#503#943
  5. 395Almon#442#837

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1882