Cooper

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A few things about Cooper you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Cooper

Cooper Flagg

American basketball player (born 2006)

Choose Cooper and your child shares a first name with Cooper Flagg, an American basketball player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Cooper, like who?” Cooper Flagg's Wikipedia article is available in 25 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 229 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Cooper, 7,472 babies in all. In a school of 500 kids, there'd probably be one other Cooper.
• 📜HistoryCooper first shows up in US birth records in 1882, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 143 years since.
• 🏆Best yearCooper is at its all-time high right now: #27 in 2025.
• 📈Then vs nowCooper is 6.1× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 1,398 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 229.
• 🚀TrendCooper has climbed 48 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #27. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedCooper is most popular in Vermont, where it ranks #4, followed by Iowa (#5) and Idaho (#6). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• 💬MeaningIn English, Cooper means “barrel maker”.
• 🌍OriginCooper is the #10 most popular English boy name in the US. That's out of 7,815 English boy and unisex names in our list.

About the name Cooper

Cooper is a boy name of English origin meaning “barrel maker”. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, starting with C and ending in “-per”. US birth records list Cooper for boys from 1882 to 2025, in 128 of those 144 years. Its best year was 2025, when it ranked #27 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #27, with 7,472 babies.

Origin:English names