How popular is the name Cooper?

Cooper ranks 275th among boys' names in US records, with 122,949 births since 1882. Over the past decade it accounts for 51,873.

Is Cooper a unisex name?

No. Cooper is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2024, when 5,900 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Kooper. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#275 of boy names

Pronounced K UW1 P ER0 (ARPABET)

Cooper is a boys' name, and first appears in 1882. It has been given to 122,949 children — the 275th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2024, when 5,900 children were given it.

Kooper is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

2024Boys: 5,900Girls: 159

These spellings sound identical to Cooper and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Cooper?: Cooper ranks 275th among boys' names in US records, with 122,949 births since 1882. Over the past decade it accounts for 51,873.
Is Cooper a unisex name?: No. Cooper is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Cooper most popular?: 2024, when 5,900 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Cooper spelled?: Kooper. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.