NameTides

Cooper

Cooper was the #27 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7,472 babies), and #105 in England & Wales and #53 in Canada.

Cooper as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Cooper as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandCanadaNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesIreland
Cooper as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#27 (7,472)#105 (493)#79 (65)#138 (17)#198 (24)#53 (460)#19 (227)#39 (153)
2024#50 (5,715)#139 (384)#121 (40)#125 (17)#153 (33)#77 (361)#30 (188)#46 (140)
2023#52 (5,445)#142 (372)#92 (57)#161 (14)#177 (29)#87 (331)#22 (214)#43 (134)
2022#53 (5,631)#151 (357)#94 (58)#147 (16)#162 (35)#91 (342)#28 (214)#45 (124)
2021#68 (4,673)#145 (393)#77 (75)#143 (17)#164 (33)#116 (307)#24 (259)#40 (159)
2020#75 (4,592)#156 (340)#72 (77)#142 (17)#240 (20)#147 (244)#25 (243)#38 (162)
2019#80 (4,557)#134 (421)#76 (84)#146 (17)#156 (37)#139 (268)#27 (249)#49 (149)
2018#83 (4,473)#136 (417)#81 (74)#141 (17)#142 (43)#142 (262)#29 (242)#40 (150)
2017#88 (4,618)#154 (374)#53 (110)#120 (23)#175 (34)#126 (305)#31 (244)#37 (180)
2016#79 (4,974)#147 (390)#76 (93)#127 (23)#184 (31)#122 (333)#23 (299)#33 (181)
2015#77 (5,272)#147 (385)#64 (110)#126 (24)#190 (30)#115 (349)#18 (343)#32 (169)
2014#86 (4,851)#210 (271)#75 (93)#175 (14)#252 (21)#131 (313)#11 (393)#31 (178)
2013#84 (4,898)#198 (281)#58 (116)#171 (14)#265 (19)#109 (382)#9 (455)#18 (254)
2012#83 (5,194)#211 (258)#78 (91)#174 (14)#233 (24)#95 (414)#12 (462)#11 (298)
2011#82 (5,176)#284 (157)#97 (70)#188 (12)#623 (4)#104 (380)#10 (502)#11 (317)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #27.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.

How common is it?

about 1 in 230 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 230common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 550common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 300common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 490common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 990common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 350common

Next year

On its recent trend, Cooper is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 220 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 190 to 1 in 260.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cooper by state, 2025Alaska: #35AKMaine: #35MEWisconsin: #9WIVermont: #4VTNew Hampshire: #34NHWashington: #25WAIdaho: #6IDMontana: #9MTNorth Dakota: #6NDMinnesota: #12MNIllinois: #25ILMichigan: #29MINew York: #51NYMassachusetts: #44MAOregon: #24ORNevada: #73NVWyoming: #7WYSouth Dakota: #17SDIowa: #5IAIndiana: #10INOhio: #11OHPennsylvania: #8PANew Jersey: #30NJConnecticut: #16CTRhode Island: #35RICalifornia: #105CAUtah: #14UTColorado: #9CONebraska: #6NEMissouri: #9MOKentucky: #17KYWest Virginia: #6WVVirginia: #27VAMaryland: #24MDDelaware: #10DEArizona: #38AZNew Mexico: #90NMKansas: #12KSArkansas: #13ARTennessee: #17TNNorth Carolina: #33NCSouth Carolina: #23SCDistrict of Columbia: #107DCOklahoma: #18OKLouisiana: #17LAMississippi: #12MSAlabama: #13ALGeorgia: #30GAHawaii: #63HITexas: #65TXFlorida: #56FL
Cooper (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#84142
Quebec2025#4639

Cooper (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CooperCanadaGirls#1,49516
CooperCanadaBoys#53460
CooperEngland & WalesGirls—too few
CooperEngland & WalesBoys#105493
CooperIrelandBoys#19824
CooperNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CooperNorthern IrelandBoys#13817
CooperNSWBoys#19227
CooperScotlandBoys#7965
CooperUSGirls#1,241181
CooperUSBoys#277,472
CooperVICBoys#39153