Cooper Boy
How popular is Cooper?
#27 boy name in 2025
7,472 baby boys were named Cooper in the US in 2025, making it the 27th most popular boy name. Another 181 girls got the name (#1,241 for girls).
Cooper popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #27 for boys (▲ 23 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 7,472 boys, 181 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+42% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #77 in 2015, #75 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (7,472 boys) |
| Highest rank | #27 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1882 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cooper counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cooper family of names ranked #30 for boys in 2025 (#52 the year before), with 7,690 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cooper | 7,472 | 97% |
| Kooper | 218 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cooper is most popular
Babies named Cooper per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 11.0 per 1,000 (69 boys)
- Wyoming: 10.9 per 1,000 (63 boys)
- North Dakota: 9.7 per 1,000 (166 boys)
- Montana: 8.6 per 1,000 (152 boys)
- Maine: 7.8 per 1,000 (151 boys)
Cooper by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 | #700 |
| 1890s | 21 | #1,001 |
| 1900s | 20 | #1,020 |
| 1910s | 163 | #1,023 |
| 1920s | 172 | #1,564 |
| 1930s | 135 | #1,521 |
| 1940s | 117 | #1,641 |
| 1950s | 118 | #1,724 |
| 1960s | 155 | #1,434 |
| 1970s | 238 | #1,304 |
| 1980s | 1,020 | #746 |
| 1990s | 6,274 | #254 |
| 2000s | 32,438 | #84 |
| 2010s | 49,273 | #75 |
| 2020s | 33,528 | #27 |
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Questions
- Is Cooper a boy or girl name?
- Cooper is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Cooper were boys.
- How popular is the name Cooper?
- 7,472 baby boys were named Cooper in the US in 2025, making it the 27th most popular boy name. Another 181 girls got the name (#1,241 for girls).
- When was Cooper most popular?
- Cooper peaked in 2025, when 7,472 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #27 in 2025.
- How many people are named Cooper?
- 126,484 babies have been named Cooper in the US since 1880. We estimate about 124,677 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Cooper most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cooper was most common in Vermont, at 11.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.