Cooper
In 2025 Cooper comes in at #27 nationally, with the curve still pointing up. An old entry (1882) having its biggest moment now, with 123,702 American bearers across the record.
Cooper’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Cooper, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Cooper since 1882
Cooper is at its all-time peak right now: #27 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Cooper is most common
Cooper is most common in Vermont: 2.15% of the state's recorded boys' names in 2025. Wyoming (1.47%) and North Dakota (1.19%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Cooper
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Carter
#45 in 2025
Claire
#68 in 2025 · Latin
Colton
#103 in 2025
Cora
#113 in 2025 · Greek
Callum
#118 in 2025 · Gaelic
Carson
#124 in 2025
Charlie
#133 in 2025 · Teutonic
Colter
#157 in 2025
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About Cooper
How popular is the name Cooper?
In 2025 Cooper comes in at #27 nationally, with the curve still pointing up. The full curve since 1882 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What does Cooper mean?
No recorded meaning in the references we are allowed to cite, Cooper keeps its mystery, and we keep our sourcing rule.
Which names sit near Cooper?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Carter sits closest, with Claire and Colton just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
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