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
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1905—#1,2335
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1900—#1,1626
1899——
1898—#1,0026
1897——
1896—#1,1015
1895—#1,0795
1894—#1,0745
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1889—#9745
1888——
1887—#9215
1886—#8456
1885—#7008
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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.

Where Cooper is popular in 1882

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 →