Kooper

#4,758 for girls in 2025, 28 births · #1,024 for boys in 2025, 218 births
Given to boys 91.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
2022 · 230 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,012
since 1990

Kooper over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017girlsat 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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,75828#1,024218
2024#7,25115#1,082201
2023#6,92216#1,017215
2022#4,90727#979230
2021#5,39823#1,098191
2020#8,40612#1,111177
2019#7,02516#1,094182
2018#4,76828#1,064190
2017#5,66122#1,081181
2016#7,98814#1,080182
2015#6,45219#1,012201
2014#4,89228#1,082178
2013#6,46219#1,035186
2012#5,55724#1,046183
2011#6,85518#1,091170
2010#8,27114#1,125167
2009#8,45414#1,085171
2008#12,5798#1,188149
2007#9,53912#1,337126
2006#17,1685#1,56294
2005#10,12810#1,59586
2004#11,6248#2,05158
2003—#2,07754
2002—#2,94331
2001—#2,11749
2000—#3,64022
1999—#3,18225
1998—#3,59720
1997—#4,24615
1996—#4,39614
1995—#5,12411
1994—#5,10911
1993—#4,44713
1992—#7,4226
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1990—#8,1175
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First appearance
1990

The first year at least five boys were named Kooper! It came in at #8,117, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1990–1991, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Kooper is popular in 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedWAIdaho: #346 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,317 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,055 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 8,847 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,106 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,285 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedIAIndiana: #819 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,742 boysINOhio: #698 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,863 boysOHPennsylvania: #945 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 8,315 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,263 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 35,951 boysCAUtah: #602 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,387 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedMOKentucky: #564 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,606 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedKSArkansas: #541 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,743 boysARTennessee: #832 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,045 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #501 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,417 boysOKLouisiana: #526 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,651 boysLAMississippi: #409 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,905 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kooper, so not publishedHITexas: #801 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 6,292 boysTXFlorida: #1,491 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 16,112 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Idaho#346 · 1 in 1,317
  2. Mississippi#409 · 1 in 1,905
  3. Oklahoma#501 · 1 in 2,417
  4. Louisiana#526 · 1 in 2,651
  5. Arkansas#541 · 1 in 2,743

Best ever in a state: #175 in Montana, 2009.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#34661 in 1,317
Mississippi#40971 in 1,905
Oklahoma#50181 in 2,417
Louisiana#52691 in 2,651
Arkansas#54151 in 2,743
Kentucky#56461 in 3,606
Utah#60261 in 3,387
Ohio#698121 in 4,863
Texas#801281 in 6,292
Indiana#81961 in 5,742
Tennessee#83261 in 6,045
Pennsylvania#94571 in 8,315
Illinois#1,05571 in 8,847
Michigan#1,10651 in 9,285
Florida#1,49161 in 16,112
California#2,26361 in 35,951
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kooper
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 58 spots since 2024 (#1,082 → #1,024)
  • 87 spots since 2020 (#1,111 → #1,024)
  • 12 spots since 2015 (#1,012 → #1,024)
  • Biggest jump: 119 spots in 2022 (#1,098 → #979)
  • Biggest drop: 38 spots in 2023 (#979 → #1,017)
Rise & fade · boys
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1990
  • Peaked 2022 at #979 (230 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 2022
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,591
  • Highest: 1 in 7,591 boys born in 2022 were named Kooper (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,835 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 45.4% of all boys named Kooper (1,820) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s120#3,182 (1999)#5,071
2000s840#1,085 (2009)#1,960
2010s1,820#1,012 (2015)#1,071
2020s1,232#979 (2022)#1,052

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.

Kooper in 2017

girls
#5,661
22 births · 1 in 78,476 girls
boys
#1,081
181 births · 1 in 10,226 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #5,661Kooper22

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #1,081Kooper181
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 78,476 of them was named Kooper, which outranked 69.3% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kooper
  1. #5,517Yzabella23
  2. #5,517Zalia23
  3. #5,517Ziana23
  4. #5,661Kooper22
  5. #5,661Adabelle22
  6. #5,661Adalaya22
  7. #5,661Adama22
  8. #5,821Aariana21
  9. #5,821Adaeze21
  10. #5,821Adalae21

Tied with 159 names at #5,661; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,443Ensley#2,412 → #969
  2. ↑ 1,020Oaklynn#1,908 → #888
  3. ↑ 842Dream#1,667 → #825
  4. ↑ 749Oaklyn#1,425 → #676
  5. ↑ 717Melania#1,649 → #932
Fallers
  1. ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
  2. ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
  3. ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
  4. ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
  5. ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 10,226 of them was named Kooper, which outranked 92.4% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kooper
  1. #1,078Eamon182
  2. #1,078Izayah182
  3. #1,078Kaeden182
  4. #1,081Kooper181
  5. #1,081Deklan181
  6. #1,081Gus181
  7. #1,081Marcellus181
  8. #1,086Aayan180
  9. #1,086Adiel180
  10. #1,086Torin180

Tied with 4 names at #1,081; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2017 →