Kooper

Kooper was the #1,024 boys' name in the US in 2025 (218 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #2,527 in Canada.

Kooper as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Kooper as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Kooper as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,024 (218)#2,440 (9)—#2,527 (7)
2024#1,082 (201)——#2,710 (6)
2023#1,017 (215)#4,108 (4)—#1,687 (11)
2022#979 (230)——#2,810 (5)
2021#1,098 (191)#3,017 (6)—#2,061 (8)
2020#1,111 (177)——#2,013 (8)
2019#1,094 (182)#4,702 (3)—#2,756 (5)
2018#1,064 (190)#2,693 (7)——
2017#1,081 (181)#3,040 (6)—#1,852 (9)
2016#1,080 (182)#4,810 (3)—#1,831 (9)
2015#1,012 (201)—#686 (3)#1,458 (12)
2014#1,082 (178)#4,632 (3)—#2,133 (7)
2013#1,035 (186)——#2,086 (7)
2012#1,046 (183)#3,039 (6)—#1,466 (12)
2011#1,091 (170)——#1,467 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #979.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1990.
  • In 2025, 11% of US babies named Kooper were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kooper is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,600 to 1 in 9,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kooper by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #676OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,687CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #398ARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #328OKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #915TXFlorida: #1,625FL
Kooper (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KooperCanadaBoys#2,5277
KooperEngland & WalesBoys#2,4409
KooperNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KooperScotlandBoys—too few
KooperUSGirls#4,75828
KooperUSBoys#1,024218