Cooper-James
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOO-per-JAYMZ
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Cooper-James is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “barrel maker + heel-holder, supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Cooper-James mean?
English: Cooper + James
“barrel maker + heel-holder, supplanter”
Joins Cooper (English, “barrel maker”) and James (Hebrew, “heel-holder, supplanter”).
Meanings borrowed from Cooper and James.
Is Cooper-James a girl's or a boy's name?
Cooper-James is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cooper-James in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 175% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Cooper-James, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2021, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Cooper-James in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
Names like Cooper-James
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Myles Chester Elias Oakley Theodore Carter Cooper Hudson Tobias Otis Hunter Cillian
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cooper-James: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cooper-james, updated 20 October 2026.