Copper**
#6,612 most common boys' name of all time · #16,555 across all names · 72% male / 28% female · used 1978–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#6,612
Rank overall
#16,555 of 105,966
First appeared
1978
Years on the list
24 of 146
All-time
592
Since 2016
385
Peak year
2025 #2,967
Best rank
#2,967 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 54/yr
Copper first appears in 1978. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 42 | 54 | #2,967 |
| 2024 | 12 | 25 | 37 | #4,255 |
| 2023 | 11 | 37 | 48 | #3,259 |
| 2022 | 16 | 29 | 45 | #3,817 |
| 2021 | 6 | 28 | 34 | #3,860 |
| 2020 | 9 | 32 | 41 | #3,450 |
| 2019 | 15 | 20 | 35 | #4,869 |
| 2018 | 10 | 12 | 22 | #6,863 |
| 2017 | 6 | 22 | 28 | #4,526 |
| 2016 | 11 | 30 | 41 | #3,640 |
| 2015 | 11 | 21 | 32 | #4,618 |
| 2014 | 10 | 25 | 35 | #4,062 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #6,384 |
| 2012 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #4,943 |
| 2011 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,725 |
| 2010 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #6,847 |
| 2009 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,548 |
| 2008 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,374 |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,129 |
| 2006 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,116 |
| 2005 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,156 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1978 | 6 | — | 6 | — |