How rare is the name Cooper?

88,776 people in the United States have the first name Cooper, about 1 in 3,402. It ranks #599 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

COOPER

#599

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
88,776
About
1 in 3,402
This common or more
61.8%
Who bears it

Of the 88,776 people named Cooper, 89.1% reported their origin as White, 4.6% as two or more races and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cooper peaked in 2025, when 7,653 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
7,653
In 2025*
7,653
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 126,484 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Cooper by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #86. The largest share of babies named Cooper, 54.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2,03030
1890s#2,86521
1900s#3,59420
1910s#3,049163
1920s#3,832172
1930s#3,943135
1940s#4,641117
1950s#5,339118
1960s#5,048155
1970s#4,783238
1980s#2,1341,040
1990s#7826,440
2000s#22833,083
2010s#12450,345
2020s#8634,407
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–800.3%
Millennials 1981–963.3%
Generation Z 1997–1241.3%
2013 and later54.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Cooper is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cooper has been most common in Utah (3×), Idaho (2.8×), and Alaska (2.2×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.24×).

122,738 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Cooper

#597 Juana · 88,951#598 Whitney · 88,892#600 Natalia · 88,111#601 Elias · 88,033

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cooper, most common first.

#15,926 Copper · 715#38,175 Couper · 202

Also a last name

As a last name, Cooper ranks #72 of 156,621, with 271,453 people. See Cooper as a last name

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