Cooper

Where Cooper comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Cooper.

  • 2 syllables
Cooper through the years
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #837 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2003
    Cooper Hoffman born
    American film actor
  3. 2006
    Cooper Flagg born
    American basketball player
  4. 2025
    Peak, #27
    7,472 babies named Cooper, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Cooper Hoffman · American film actor, born 2003
  • Cooper Flagg · American basketball player, born 2006
  • Cooper Koch · American actor and model, born 1996
  • Cooper Andrews · American actor from New York, born 1985
  • Cooper Huckabee · American actor, born 1951

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.