Kooper
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOO-per
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,024 for boys
Kooper is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “barrel maker”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 1,024th for boys in the US (218 babies).
What does Kooper mean?
English: spelling of Cooper, an occupational surname
“barrel maker”
A spelling of Cooper, an English surname for a maker of barrels and casks.
Is Kooper a girl's or a boy's name?
Kooper is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 28 girls and 218 boys in the US.
How popular is Kooper in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Kooper, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd.
2025 had the most boys named Kooper of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Kooper in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 584 boys in the UK were given Kooper or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #110, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.
- Cooper 575
- Kooper 9
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Kooper in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
How popular is Kooper in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,024th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 218 about 1 in 7,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 218 boys in the US were named Kooper, making it the 1,024th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,111th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 230 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990. 28 girls were also named Kooper in 2025 (4,757th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Kooper in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 7,690 boys in the US were given Kooper or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #31, up from #1,024 for this spelling alone.
- Cooper 7,472
- Kooper 218
Kooper in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 218 | #1,024 |
| 2024 | 201 | #1,082 |
| 2023 | 215 | #1,017 |
| 2022 | 230 | #979 |
| 2021 | 191 | #1,098 |
| 2020 | 177 | #1,111 |
| 2019 | 182 | #1,094 |
| 2018 | 190 | #1,064 |
| 2017 | 181 | #1,081 |
| 2016 | 182 | #1,080 |
| 2015 | 201 | #1,012 |
| 2014 | 178 | #1,082 |
| 2013 | 186 | #1,035 |
| 2012 | 183 | #1,046 |
| 2011 | 170 | #1,091 |
| 2010 | 167 | #1,125 |
| 2009 | 171 | #1,085 |
| 2008 | 149 | #1,188 |
| 2007 | 126 | #1,337 |
| 2006 | 94 | #1,562 |
| 2005 | 86 | #1,593 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,047 |
| 2003 | 54 | #2,073 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,113 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Nicknames for Kooper
- Koop
Names like Kooper
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
River, Carter, Archer, Hunter, Parker, Jaxon, Hudson, Asher, Luca, Xander, Grayson, Marley
Other spellings of Kooper
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Harrison
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kooper: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kooper, updated 20 October 2026.