Meaning not yet researched.
Cooper: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 7,472 in 2025. Its best rank was #27 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 98% of babies named Cooper in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#27 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Cooper: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 7,472 boys in 2025. Peak: #27 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 7,472 (2025).
In 2025, 7,472 US boys were named Cooper, making it the 27th most common boys’ name of the year, up 23 places from #50 in 2024. That is 1,757 more than the 5,715 boys named Cooper in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #27, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 7,472. For comparison, it was #77 in 2015 and #3,782 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Cooper in 128 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 6 babies. In all, 126,484 US babies have been given the name, 2.2% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 50,345 babies named Cooper.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 52,150 US boys were named Cooper; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 7,472. In 2025 that was about 1 in 229 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Cooper ranked highest in Vermont in 2025, at #4 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 49 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Kooper (4,392 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Copper, Couper and Kouper are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Coop.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Copper (592), Couper (170), Kouper (87), Kopper (19), Coopar (14).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 26 | #4 | #67 |
| Iowa | 133 | #5 | #32 |
| Idaho | 86 | #6 | #31 |
| Nebraska | 82 | #6 | #26 |
| West Virginia | 68 | #6 | #49 |
| North Dakota | 40 | #6 | #62 |
| Pennsylvania | 402 | #8 | #78 |
| Wyoming | 16 | #8 | #18 |
| Missouri | 222 | #9 | #39 |
| Wisconsin | 197 | #9 | #74 |
| Montana | 41 | #9 | #16 |
| Colorado | 196 | #9 | #52 |
| Indiana | 219 | #10 | #56 |
| Delaware | 30 | #10 | #101 |
| Ohio | 355 | #11 | #61 |
| Minnesota | 186 | #12 | #59 |
| Mississippi | 77 | #12 | #44 |
| Kansas | 98 | #12 | #36 |
| Alabama | 151 | #13 | #32 |
| Arkansas | 94 | #14 | #37 |
| Utah | 142 | #14 | #25 |
| Louisiana | 108 | #17 | #65 |
| Connecticut | 102 | #17 | #97 |
| South Dakota | 30 | #17 | #20 |
| Tennessee | 229 | #17 | #44 |
| Kentucky | 143 | #17 | #55 |
| Oklahoma | 111 | #18 | #17 |
| Maryland | 129 | #24 | #94 |
| South Carolina | 118 | #24 | #72 |
| Oregon | 93 | #24 | #80 |
| Washington | 173 | #25 | #48 |
| Illinois | 259 | #26 | #85 |
| Virginia | 193 | #28 | #74 |
| Michigan | 199 | #29 | #99 |
| Georgia | 221 | #30 | #73 |
| New Jersey | 204 | #30 | #134 |
| North Carolina | 237 | #34 | #87 |
| New Hampshire | 31 | #34 | #81 |
| Alaska | 16 | #36 | #80 |
| Rhode Island | 21 | #36 | #99 |
| Maine | 28 | #36 | #62 |
| Arizona | 145 | #38 | #127 |
| Massachusetts | 125 | #44 | #109 |
| New York | 311 | #51 | #124 |
| Florida | 340 | #56 | #94 |
| Hawaii | 13 | #63 | #114 |
| Texas | 569 | #65 | #94 |
| Nevada | 41 | #73 | #130 |
| New Mexico | 20 | #91 | #118 |
| California | 394 | #105 | #190 |
| District of Columbia | 8 | #109 | #251 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 181 | #1,244 | 7,472 | #27 |
| 2024 | 144 | #1,505 | 5,715 | #50 |
| 2023 | 162 | #1,388 | 5,445 | #52 |
| 2022 | 145 | #1,498 | 5,631 | #53 |
| 2021 | 130 | #1,614 | 4,673 | #68 |
| 2020 | 117 | #1,721 | 4,592 | #75 |
| 2019 | 103 | #1,924 | 4,557 | #80 |
| 2018 | 109 | #1,853 | 4,473 | #83 |
| 2017 | 99 | #1,995 | 4,618 | #88 |
| 2016 | 125 | #1,704 | 4,974 | #79 |
| 2015 | 111 | #1,854 | 5,272 | #77 |
| 2014 | 122 | #1,716 | 4,851 | #86 |
| 2013 | 107 | #1,882 | 4,898 | #84 |
| 2012 | 103 | #1,921 | 5,194 | #83 |
| 2011 | 108 | #1,860 | 5,176 | #82 |
| 2010 | 85 | #2,262 | 5,260 | #75 |
| 2009 | 75 | #2,515 | 5,072 | #84 |
| 2008 | 122 | #1,790 | 5,051 | #92 |
| 2007 | 100 | #2,041 | 4,622 | #96 |
| 2006 | 68 | #2,641 | 3,747 | #113 |
| 2005 | 68 | #2,533 | 3,393 | #120 |
| 2004 | 83 | #2,158 | 3,045 | #133 |
| 2003 | 44 | #3,307 | 2,368 | #167 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,907 | 1,931 | #196 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,589 | 1,804 | #202 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,555 | 1,405 | #241 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,073 | 1,190 | #261 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,181 | 1,177 | #254 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,252 | 839 | #315 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,767 | 668 | #363 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,262 | 632 | #376 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,270 | 518 | #439 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,930 | 426 | #491 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,631 | 349 | #546 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,503 | 267 | #625 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,191 | 208 | #706 |
| 1989 | — | — | 174 | #749 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,971 | 145 | #786 |
| 1987 | — | — | 136 | #794 |
| 1986 | — | — | 105 | #886 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,528 | 110 | #857 |
| 1984 | — | — | 92 | #918 |
| 1983 | — | — | 71 | #1,051 |
| 1982 | — | — | 83 | #991 |
| 1981 | — | — | 52 | #1,274 |
| 1980 | — | — | 52 | #1,294 |
| 1979 | — | — | 50 | #1,306 |
| 1978 | — | — | 21 | #2,215 |
| 1977 | — | — | 28 | #1,831 |
| 1976 | — | — | 21 | #2,185 |
| 1975 | — | — | 21 | #2,146 |
| 1974 | — | — | 26 | #1,798 |
| 1973 | — | — | 16 | #2,421 |
| 1972 | — | — | 13 | #2,686 |
| 1971 | — | — | 22 | #1,931 |
| 1970 | — | — | 20 | #2,008 |
| 1969 | — | — | 12 | #2,571 |
| 1968 | — | — | 13 | #2,344 |
| 1967 | — | — | 7 | #3,306 |
| 1966 | — | — | 15 | #2,061 |
| 1965 | — | — | 26 | #1,522 |
| 1964 | — | — | 30 | #1,441 |
| 1963 | — | — | 18 | #1,914 |
| 1962 | — | — | 8 | #3,091 |
| 1961 | — | — | 13 | #2,338 |
| 1960 | — | — | 13 | #2,341 |
| 1959 | — | — | 8 | #3,083 |
| 1958 | — | — | 7 | #3,332 |
| 1957 | — | — | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1956 | — | — | 15 | #2,106 |
| 1955 | — | — | 16 | #1,985 |
| 1954 | — | — | 12 | #2,338 |
| 1953 | — | — | 16 | #1,973 |
| 1952 | — | — | 10 | #2,556 |
| 1951 | — | — | 19 | #1,737 |
| 1950 | — | — | 5 | #3,782 |
| 1949 | — | — | 9 | #2,648 |
| 1948 | — | — | 10 | #2,480 |
| 1947 | — | — | 14 | #2,095 |
| 1946 | — | — | 19 | #1,647 |
| 1945 | — | — | 14 | #1,867 |
| 1944 | — | — | 10 | #2,337 |
| 1943 | — | — | 8 | #2,774 |
| 1942 | — | — | 12 | #2,168 |
| 1941 | — | — | 12 | #2,107 |
| 1940 | — | — | 9 | #2,513 |
| 1939 | — | — | 13 | #1,975 |
| 1938 | — | — | 20 | #1,529 |
| 1937 | — | — | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1936 | — | — | 18 | #1,599 |
| 1935 | — | — | 16 | #1,778 |
| 1934 | — | — | 11 | #2,295 |
| 1933 | — | — | 10 | #2,400 |
| 1932 | — | — | 11 | #2,348 |
| 1931 | — | — | 11 | #2,350 |
| 1930 | — | — | 16 | #1,909 |
| 1929 | — | — | 22 | #1,572 |
| 1928 | — | — | 9 | #2,893 |
| 1927 | — | — | 16 | #2,059 |
| 1926 | — | — | 19 | #1,803 |
| 1925 | — | — | 17 | #1,948 |
| 1924 | — | — | 16 | #2,064 |
| 1923 | — | — | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1922 | — | — | 19 | #1,837 |
| 1921 | — | — | 18 | #1,923 |
| 1920 | — | — | 20 | #1,767 |
| 1919 | — | — | 23 | #1,541 |
| 1918 | — | — | 25 | #1,455 |
| 1917 | — | — | 15 | #2,004 |
| 1916 | — | — | 20 | #1,602 |
| 1915 | — | — | 18 | #1,671 |
| 1914 | — | — | 10 | #2,136 |
| 1913 | — | — | 12 | #1,599 |
| 1912 | — | — | 20 | #1,032 |
| 1911 | — | — | 10 | #1,133 |
| 1910 | — | — | 10 | #1,058 |
| 1909 | — | — | 9 | #1,035 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,274 |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,197 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,028 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,130 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,116 |
| 1894 | — | — | 5 | #1,117 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,000 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #959 |
| 1886 | — | — | 6 | #866 |
| 1885 | — | — | 8 | #714 |
| 1882 | — | — | 6 | #860 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).