Copelan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOHP-lun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Copelan is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “bought land”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Copelan mean?
English: variant of Copeland, from Old Norse kaupaland
“bought land”
Variant of Copeland, a northern English surname from Old Norse kaupaland, 'purchased land'.
Is Copelan a girl's or a boy's name?
Copelan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Copelan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Copelan, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Copelan than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Copelan in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Copelan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
Names like Copelan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Callan Cassian Cannon Caspian Deacon Declan Callahan Finnegan Ronan Sevyn Ocean Kayden
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Copelan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/copelan, updated 20 October 2026.