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
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 7,472 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 19 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 123,702since 1882
Cooper over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,241 | 181 | #27 | 7,472 |
| 2024 | #1,505 | 144 | #50 | 5,715 |
| 2023 | #1,387 | 162 | #52 | 5,445 |
| 2022 | #1,497 | 145 | #53 | 5,631 |
| 2021 | #1,612 | 130 | #68 | 4,673 |
| 2020 | #1,721 | 117 | #75 | 4,592 |
| 2019 | #1,919 | 103 | #80 | 4,557 |
| 2018 | #1,852 | 109 | #83 | 4,473 |
| 2017 | #1,989 | 99 | #88 | 4,618 |
| 2016 | #1,704 | 125 | #79 | 4,974 |
| 2015 | #1,850 | 111 | #77 | 5,272 |
| 2014 | #1,714 | 122 | #86 | 4,851 |
| 2013 | #1,880 | 107 | #84 | 4,898 |
| 2012 | #1,918 | 103 | #83 | 5,194 |
| 2011 | #1,857 | 108 | #82 | 5,176 |
| 2010 | #2,258 | 85 | #75 | 5,260 |
| 2009 | #2,510 | 75 | #84 | 5,072 |
| 2008 | #1,789 | 122 | #92 | 5,051 |
| 2007 | #2,034 | 100 | #96 | 4,622 |
| 2006 | #2,631 | 68 | #113 | 3,747 |
| 2005 | #2,524 | 68 | #120 | 3,393 |
| 2004 | #2,155 | 83 | #133 | 3,045 |
| 2003 | #3,291 | 44 | #167 | 2,368 |
| 2002 | #3,889 | 33 | #196 | 1,931 |
| 2001 | #4,564 | 26 | #202 | 1,804 |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 | #241 | 1,405 |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 | #261 | 1,190 |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 | #254 | 1,177 |
| 1997 | #4,239 | 25 | #315 | 839 |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 | #363 | 668 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | #376 | 632 |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 | #439 | 518 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #491 | 426 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #546 | 349 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #624 | 267 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | #706 | 208 |
| 1989 | — | #749 | 174 | |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #783 | 145 |
| 1987 | — | #793 | 136 | |
| 1986 | — | #886 | 105 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #857 | 110 |
| 1984 | — | #917 | 92 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,049 | 71 | |
| 1982 | — | #991 | 83 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,270 | 52 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,291 | 52 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,304 | 50 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,205 | 21 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,823 | 28 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,177 | 21 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,134 | 21 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,790 | 26 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,405 | 16 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,659 | 13 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,916 | 22 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,989 | 20 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,549 | 12 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,311 | 13 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,043 | 15 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,513 | 26 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,435 | 30 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,902 | 18 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,322 | 13 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,315 | 13 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,091 | 15 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,979 | 16 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,316 | 12 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,958 | 16 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,514 | 10 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,725 | 19 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,443 | 10 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,076 | 14 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,642 | 19 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,852 | 14 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,309 | 10 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,145 | 12 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,083 | 12 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,478 | 9 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,958 | 13 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,521 | 20 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,587 | 18 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,757 | 16 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,266 | 11 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,313 | 11 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,328 | 11 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,889 | 16 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,564 | 22 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,034 | 16 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,787 | 19 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,935 | 17 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,043 | 16 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,827 | 19 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,904 | 18 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,747 | 20 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,531 | 23 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,446 | 25 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,986 | 15 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,594 | 20 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,660 | 18 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,580 | 12 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,023 | 20 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,117 | 10 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 2025 at #27 (7,472 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 19 yrs · run 2007–2025
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1984–2025
- Highest: 1 in 229 boys born in 2025 were named Cooper (0.44%)
- 39.8% of all boys named Cooper (49,273) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 | #700 (1885) | #855 |
| 1890s | 21 | #1,002 (1898) | #1,064 |
| 1900s | 20 | #1,020 (1909) | #1,138 |
| 1910s | 163 | #1,023 (1912) | #1,508 |
| 1920s | 172 | #1,564 (1929) | #1,970 |
| 1930s | 135 | #1,521 (1938) | #2,047 |
| 1940s | 117 | #1,642 (1946) | #2,237 |
| 1950s | 118 | #1,725 (1951) | #2,521 |
| 1960s | 155 | #1,435 (1964) | #2,266 |
| 1970s | 238 | #1,304 (1979) | #2,040 |
| 1980s | 1,020 | #749 (1989) | #959 |
| 1990s | 6,274 | #254 (1998) | #438 |
| 2000s | 32,438 | #84 (2009) | #144 |
| 2010s | 49,273 | #75 (2010) | #82 |
| 2020s | 33,528 | #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 2011
Top girls' names in 2011
Top boys' names in 2011
More about 2011
girls
1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 16,288 of them was named Cooper, which outranked 90.5% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,840Yulissa109
- #1,840Zariya109
- #1,840Zia109
- #1,857Cooper108
- #1,857Aarya108
- #1,857Amaria108
- #1,857Anushka108
- #1,874Aislinn107
- #1,874Amarie107
- #1,874Brooklynne107
Tied with 16 names at #1,857; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,899,252 boys got a published name in 2011; 1 in 367 of them was named Cooper, which outranked 99.4% of the 14,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.