Copper

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Peak · boys
#2,941
2025 · 42 births
Debut · boys
2001
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
429
since 2001

Copper over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020girlsat peakboysat 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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2025#8,36212#2,94142
2024#8,44312#4,20025
2023#8,98911#3,22837
2022#6,98416#3,77429
2021#13,4646#3,81428
2020#10,2509#3,41832
2019#7,34215#4,80620
2018#9,80610#6,70312
2017#14,1246#4,46622
2016#9,41111#3,59630
2015#9,48111#4,54521
2014#10,12910#4,01425
2013#16,5475#6,24113
2012#16,8695#4,86219
2011—#6,57812
2010#14,9596#6,69812
2009—#8,3109
2008—#7,18711
2007—#9,7887
2006—#6,90411
2005#16,4625#9,1157
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First appearance
2001

The first year at least five boys were named Copper! It came in at #10,556, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2001–2004, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Copper is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedUTColorado: #849 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,370 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Copper, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Colorado#849 · 1 in 5,370

Best ever in a state: #849 in Colorado, 2025.

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See more about Copper
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,259 spots since 2024 (#4,200 → #2,941)
  • 477 spots since 2020 (#3,418 → #2,941)
  • 1,604 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #2,941)
Rise & fade · boys
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2001
  • Peaked 2025 at #2,941 (42 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 40,668
  • Highest: 1 in 40,668 boys born in 2025 were named Copper (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 45.0% of all boys named Copper (193) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2001
  • Mostly girls until 2000, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s50#6,904 (2006)#8,643
2010s186#3,596 (2016)#5,251
2020s193#2,941 (2025)#3,563

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.

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