Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Cooper

#277 most common boys' name of all time · #595 across all names · 98% boys / 2% girls · used 1882–2025

Rank among boys
#277
Rank overall
#595 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
128 of 146
All-time
126,484
Since 2016
53,465
Peak year
2025 #27
Best rank
#27 2025
Girls Boys peak 7,653/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Cooper first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 181 7,472 7,653 #27
2024 144 5,715 5,859 #50
2023 162 5,445 5,607 #53
2022 145 5,631 5,776 #53
2021 130 4,673 4,803 #68
2020 117 4,592 4,709 #75
2019 103 4,557 4,660 #80
2018 109 4,473 4,582 #83
2017 99 4,618 4,717 #88
2016 125 4,974 5,099 #79
2015 111 5,272 5,383 #77
2014 122 4,851 4,973 #86
2013 107 4,898 5,005 #84
2012 103 5,194 5,297 #83
2011 108 5,176 5,284 #82
2010 85 5,260 5,345 #75
2009 75 5,072 5,147 #84
2008 122 5,051 5,173 #92
2007 100 4,622 4,722 #96
2006 68 3,747 3,815 #113
2005 68 3,393 3,461 #120
2004 83 3,045 3,128 #133
2003 44 2,368 2,412 #167
2002 33 1,931 1,964 #196
2001 26 1,804 1,830 #202
2000 26 1,405 1,431 #241
1999 21 1,190 1,211 #261
1998 20 1,177 1,197 #255
1997 25 839 864 #315
1996 21 668 689 #363
1995 18 632 650 #376
1994 24 518 542 #439
1993 5 426 431 #491
1992 11 349 360 #546
1991 7 267 274 #626
1990 14 208 222 #706
1989 — 174 174 #750
1988 13 145 158 #786
1987 — 136 136 #793
1986 — 105 105 #886
1985 7 110 117 #859
1984 — 92 92 #917
1983 — 71 71 #1,053
1982 — 83 83 #992
1981 — 52 52 #1,275
1980 — 52 52 #1,301
1979 — 50 50 #1,307
1978 — 21 21 #2,219
1977 — 28 28 #1,833
1976 — 21 21 #2,185
1975 — 21 21 #2,147
1974 — 26 26 #1,796
1973 — 16 16 #2,421
1972 — 13 13 #2,679
1971 — 22 22 #1,932
1970 — 20 20 #2,002
1969 — 12 12 #2,572
1968 — 13 13 #2,339
1967 — 7 7 #3,268
1966 — 15 15 #2,065
1965 — 26 26 #1,525
1964 — 30 30 #1,444
1963 — 18 18 #1,918
1962 — 8 8 #3,066
1961 — 13 13 #2,340
1960 — 13 13 #2,335
1959 — 8 8 #3,071
1958 — 7 7 #3,319
1957 — 10 10 #2,662
1956 — 15 15 #2,110
1955 — 16 16 #1,991
1954 — 12 12 #2,346
1953 — 16 16 #1,976
1952 — 10 10 #2,541
1951 — 19 19 #1,736
1950 — 5 5 #3,736
1949 — 9 9 #2,645
1948 — 10 10 #2,475
1947 — 14 14 #2,095
1946 — 19 19 #1,653
1945 — 14 14 #1,872
1944 — 10 10 #2,340
1943 — 8 8 #2,775
1942 — 12 12 #2,175
1941 — 12 12 #2,106
1940 — 9 9 #2,514
1939 — 13 13 #1,981
1938 — 20 20 #1,532
1937 — 9 9 #2,513
1936 — 18 18 #1,606
1935 — 16 16 #1,780
1934 — 11 11 #2,284
1933 — 10 10 #2,396
1932 — 11 11 #2,346
1931 — 11 11 #2,359
1930 — 16 16 #1,904
1929 — 22 22 #1,580
1928 — 9 9 #2,880
1927 — 16 16 #2,063
1926 — 19 19 #1,801
1925 — 17 17 #1,957
1924 — 16 16 #2,067
1923 — 16 16 #2,041
1922 — 19 19 #1,838
1921 — 18 18 #1,926
1920 — 20 20 #1,766
1919 — 23 23 #1,544
1918 — 25 25 #1,463
1917 — 15 15 #2,010
1916 — 20 20 #1,608
1915 — 18 18 #1,669
1914 — 10 10 #2,140
1913 — 12 12 #1,608
1912 — 20 20 #1,045
1911 — 10 10 #1,149
1910 — 10 10 #1,088
1909 — 9 9 #1,054
1905 — 5 5 #1,308
1900 — 6 6 #1,236
1898 — 6 6 #1,068
1896 — 5 5 #1,192
1895 — 5 5 #1,164
1894 — 5 5 #1,152
1889 — 5 5 #1,057
1887 — 5 5 #1,016
1886 — 6 6 #921
1885 — 8 8 #758
1882 — 6 6 #919