Cooper
Cooper is ranked 50th among boys in 2024 (5,699 births). Its best rank was 50th, in 2024.
- Rank in 2024
- #50up 2 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5,6990.33% of boys
- Peak year
- 20245,699 births
- Best rank
- #50in 2024
- Since 1882
- 118,804people given the name
The story in the numbers
116,203 boys have been named Cooper in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 5,699 births — 0.33% of all boys recorded that year.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 42%. It has spent 47 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 18 of them in the top 100.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 2,601 girls have also been given it, 2.2% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Cooper | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 | |
| 1890s | 21 | |
| 1900s | 20 | |
| 1910s | 163 | |
| 1920s | 172 | |
| 1930s | 135 | |
| 1940s | 117 | |
| 1950s | 118 | |
| 1960s | 155 | |
| 1970s | 239 | |
| 1980s | 1,020 | |
| 1990s | 6,274 | |
| 2000s | 32,437 | |
| 2010s | 49,269 | |
| 2020s | 26,033 |
In 2024, its biggest year
Cooper was the 50th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Cooper
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jetpeak 2019
- Alijahpeak 2021
- Mikahpeak 2009
- Oskarpeak 2016
- Jahmaripeak 2024
- Camaripeak 2022
- Gianlucapeak 2017
- Reefpeak 2021
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.