Copper
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Copper is a name of English origin, meaning “copper, the reddish metal”. In 2025 it ranked 2,940th for boys in the US (42 babies).
What does Copper mean?
English: English word name
“copper, the reddish metal”
The metal's name comes via Latin from Cyprus, an important source of copper in the ancient world.
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Is Copper a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Copper has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls and 42 boys in the US.
How popular is Copper in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,940among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 41,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the US were named Copper, making it the 2,940th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. It first appears in the records in 2001. 12 girls were also named Copper in 2025 (8,360th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Copper of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Copper in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 22% of the babies named Copper in the US were girls.
Copper in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #2,940 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,226 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
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