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.

Kooper*

#1,896 most common boys' name of all time · #4,583 across all names · 91% male / 9% female · used 1990–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,896
Rank overall
#4,583 of 105,966
First appeared
1990
Years on the list
35 of 146
All-time
4,392
Since 2016
2,168
Peak year
2022 #979
Best rank
#979 2022
Girls Boys peak 257/yr
20002020

Kooper first appears in 1990. 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 28 218 246 #1,025
2024 15 201 216 #1,085
2023 16 215 231 #1,018
2022 27 230 257 #979
2021 23 191 214 #1,098
2020 12 177 189 #1,116
2019 16 182 198 #1,097
2018 28 190 218 #1,066
2017 22 181 203 #1,084
2016 14 182 196 #1,086
2015 19 201 220 #1,014
2014 28 178 206 #1,088
2013 19 186 205 #1,037
2012 24 183 207 #1,049
2011 18 170 188 #1,094
2010 14 167 181 #1,126
2009 14 171 185 #1,090
2008 8 149 157 #1,191
2007 12 126 138 #1,340
2006 5 94 99 #1,572
2005 10 86 96 #1,602
2004 8 58 66 #2,072
2003 54 54 #2,098
2002 31 31 #3,013
2001 49 49 #2,148
2000 22 22 #3,750
1999 25 25 #3,268
1998 20 20 #3,693
1997 15 15 #4,433
1996 14 14 #4,597
1995 11 11 #5,457
1994 11 11 #5,416
1993 13 13 #4,681
1992 6 6 #8,221
1990 5 5 #9,378