Copeland
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- KOHP-land
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,358 for boys
Copeland is a name of English origin, meaning “bought land”. In 2025 it ranked 1,358th for boys in the US (138 babies).
What does Copeland mean?
English: English surname from a district of Cumbria
“bought land”
From the Copeland district of Cumbria, whose name comes from Old Norse kaupaland, 'bought land'.
Is Copeland a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Copeland has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls and 138 boys in the US.
How popular is Copeland in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,358th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 138 about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 138 boys in the US were named Copeland, making it the 1,358th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,024th. It first appears in the records in 1912. 19 girls were also named Copeland in 2025 (6,115th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Copeland of any year since it first appeared, in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Copeland in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 151 boys in the US were given Copeland or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,170, up from #1,358 for this spelling alone.
- Copeland 138
- Kopeland 13
In 2025, 12% of the babies named Copeland in the US were girls.
Copeland in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 138 | #1,358 |
| 2024 | 77 | #1,997 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,314 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,298 |
| 2021 | 61 | #2,276 |
| 2020 | 70 | #2,024 |
| 2019 | 74 | #1,973 |
| 2018 | 71 | #2,028 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,065 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,058 |
| 2015 | 52 | #2,428 |
| 2014 | 43 | #2,752 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Names like Copeland
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Legend, Colson, Crew, Caspian, Cooper, Shepherd, Colter, Ledger, Creed, Cannon, Callan, Archer
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Copeland: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/copeland, updated 20 October 2026.