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 2025
Top girls' names in 2025
Top boys' names in 2025
More about 2025
girls
1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 8,880 of them was named Cooper, which outranked 92.8% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).
- #1,235Prisha182
- #1,235Rain182
- #1,235Silvia182
- #1,241Cooper181
- #1,241Amal181
- #1,241Amethyst181
- #1,241Anderson181
- #1,248Guadalupe180
- #1,248Maelyn180
- #1,250Adina179
Tied with 6 names at #1,241; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 229 of them was named Cooper, which outranked 99.8% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.