Coco
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KOH-koh
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #789 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,326 for girls
Coco is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 789th for girls in the UK (50 babies) and 2,326th for girls in the US (78 babies).
What does Coco mean?
French: French pet name, famous from Coco Chanel
Gabrielle Chanel's nickname Coco is said to come from a song she sang as a young cabaret performer.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Coco a girl's or a boy's name?
Coco is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 50 girls in the UK and 78 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Coco in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #789among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 5,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 50 girls in the UK were named Coco, making it the 789th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 539th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 106 girls.
Half of all the girls named Coco in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 733rd in England and Wales.
Coco in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #789 |
| 2024 | 53 | #771 |
| 2023 | 49 | #788 |
| 2022 | 61 | #668 |
| 2021 | 72 | #593 |
| 2020 | 82 | #539 |
| 2019 | 79 | #564 |
| 2018 | 66 | #669 |
| 2017 | 62 | #715 |
| 2016 | 48 | #850 |
| 2015 | 63 | #692 |
| 2014 | 55 | #772 |
| 2013 | 78 | #583 |
| 2012 | 86 | #548 |
| 2011 | 106 | #453 |
| 2010 | 102 | #461 |
| 2009 | 84 | #522 |
| 2008 | 65 | #634 |
| 2007 | 42 | #830 |
| 2006 | 43 | #787 |
| 2005 | 49 | #687 |
| 2004 | 31 | #932 |
| 2003 | 23 | #1,087 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Coco in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,326among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 78about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 78 girls in the US were named Coco, making it the 2,326th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,849th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 105 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Coco in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 86 girls in the US were given Coco or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,881, up from #2,326 for this spelling alone.
- Coco 78
- Koko 8
Coco in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | #2,326 |
| 2024 | 76 | #2,389 |
| 2023 | 76 | #2,379 |
| 2022 | 91 | #2,103 |
| 2021 | 94 | #2,046 |
| 2020 | 105 | #1,849 |
| 2019 | 84 | #2,193 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,710 |
| 2017 | 53 | #3,053 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,829 |
| 2015 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2014 | 53 | #3,110 |
| 2013 | 60 | #2,836 |
| 2012 | 73 | #2,495 |
| 2011 | 73 | #2,482 |
| 2010 | 75 | #2,476 |
| 2009 | 89 | #2,204 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,718 |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,750 |
| 2006 | 61 | #2,850 |
| 2005 | 49 | #3,166 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 33 | #2,658 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
Names like Coco
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme Dua Croia Aria Indigo Piper Lucia Alora Ariana Vesper Zofia Pippa
Other spellings of Coco
Koko
More French names
Eleanor Beau Darcie Darcy Genevieve Amy Esmae Arleth Elle Russell Monty Mallory Percy Lacey Belle Quincy
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Coco: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/coco, updated 20 October 2026.