Cooper

What Cooper means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Cooper yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Cooper?

US: Rising: up from #77 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #147 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 7,472 boys got the name (#27 that year). First in the US records in 1882.

How common

• About 1 in 229 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 552 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 302 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VT (21.45 per 1,000 boys), WY (14.68 per 1,000 boys), ND (11.92 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Cooper is #27 in the US and #105 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.6% of US babies named Cooper were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kooper218 US · 9 E&W
• Copper42 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Cooper

Boys

• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*
• Maddox#209Editor’s note Down from #148 in 2015 to #209 in 2025 in the US
• Jaxon#115Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #115 in 2025
• Camden#205“enclosure + valley”^*
• Finnegan#526“descendant of Fionnagán”^*
• Kamden#717Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1986, with 6 babies

For a sister

• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Karsyn#718Editor’s note Used for both: 70% of US babies named Karsyn in 2025 were girls
• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Piper#155Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #67 in 2015, #155 in 2025
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Cooper’s. Rank is US 2025.