Cooper
Boy · KOO-per · English
Cooper is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “barrel maker”. In 2025 it ranked 100th for boys in the UK (575 babies) and 27th for boys in the US (7,472 babies).
What does Cooper mean?
English: English occupational surname
“barrel maker”
An occupational surname for a maker of casks; the novelist James Fenimore Cooper is a famous bearer.
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Is Cooper a girl's or a boy's name?
Cooper is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 575 boys in the UK and 181 girls and 7,472 boys in the US.
How popular is Cooper in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #100among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 575about 1 in 520 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- 2.7%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 575 boys in the UK were named Cooper, making it the 100th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 146th.
2025 had the most boys named Cooper of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Cooper in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 105th in England and Wales, 79th in Scotland and 138th in Northern Ireland.
Cooper in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 575 | #100 |
| 2024 | 441 | #138 |
| 2023 | 443 | #137 |
| 2022 | 431 | #143 |
| 2021 | 485 | #136 |
| 2020 | 434 | #146 |
| 2019 | 522 | #124 |
| 2018 | 508 | #127 |
| 2017 | 507 | #131 |
| 2016 | 506 | #134 |
| 2015 | 519 | #138 |
| 2014 | 378 | #169 |
| 2013 | 411 | #158 |
| 2012 | 363 | #186 |
| 2011 | 239 | #232 |
| 2010 | 158 | #315 |
| 2009 | 140 | #324 |
| 2008 | 116 | #367 |
| 2007 | 88 | #443 |
| 2006 | 64 | #528 |
| 2005 | 56 | #536 |
| 2004 | 40 | #665 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,124 |
| 2002 | 25 | #821 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,112 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Cooper in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #27among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7,472about 1 in 230 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 6%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7,472 boys in the US were named Cooper, making it the 27th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 75th. It first appears in the records in 1882. 181 girls were also named Cooper in 2025 (1,241st for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Cooper of any year since it first appeared, in 1882.
Half of all the boys named Cooper in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cooper in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,472 | #27 |
| 2024 | 5,715 | #50 |
| 2023 | 5,445 | #52 |
| 2022 | 5,631 | #53 |
| 2021 | 4,673 | #68 |
| 2020 | 4,592 | #75 |
| 2019 | 4,557 | #80 |
| 2018 | 4,473 | #83 |
| 2017 | 4,618 | #88 |
| 2016 | 4,974 | #79 |
| 2015 | 5,272 | #77 |
| 2014 | 4,851 | #86 |
| 2013 | 4,898 | #84 |
| 2012 | 5,194 | #83 |
| 2011 | 5,176 | #82 |
| 2010 | 5,260 | #75 |
| 2009 | 5,072 | #84 |
| 2008 | 5,051 | #92 |
| 2007 | 4,622 | #96 |
| 2006 | 3,747 | #113 |
| 2005 | 3,393 | #120 |
| 2004 | 3,045 | #133 |
| 2003 | 2,368 | #167 |
| 2002 | 1,931 | #196 |
| 2001 | 1,804 | #202 |
| 2000 | 1,405 | #241 |
| 1999 | 1,190 | #261 |
| 1998 | 1,177 | #254 |
| 1997 | 839 | #315 |
| 1996 | 668 | #363 |
| 1995 | 632 | #376 |
| 1994 | 518 | #439 |
| 1993 | 426 | #491 |
| 1992 | 349 | #546 |
| 1991 | 267 | #622 |
| 1990 | 208 | #703 |
| 1989 | 174 | #746 |
| 1988 | 145 | #782 |
| 1987 | 136 | #792 |
| 1986 | 105 | #886 |
| 1985 | 110 | #857 |
| 1984 | 92 | #917 |
| 1983 | 71 | #1,049 |
| 1982 | 83 | #991 |
| 1981 | 52 | #1,270 |
| 1980 | 52 | #1,291 |
| 1979 | 50 | #1,304 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,205 |
| 1977 | 28 | #1,823 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,176 |
| 1975 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,790 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,915 |
| 1970 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,042 |
| 1965 | 26 | #1,512 |
| 1964 | 30 | #1,434 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,901 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 13 | #2,321 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1955 | 16 | #1,978 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 19 | #1,641 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,851 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 13 | #1,958 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,521 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,587 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,889 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,564 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,787 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,934 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 19 | #1,827 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,903 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,747 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,530 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,445 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,593 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,659 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,023 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,116 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
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