Cooper Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, Boy Names Like Cooper

Cooper Name Origin: English
Pronunciation: coo-per
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Cooper Name Meaning

A tailored pick with a boyish side, Cooper is a modern name with vintage origins. He’s naturally curious, always looking for something or somewhere to explore, whether he’s diving into facts or dashing through the forest.

An occupational name like his friends Marshall and Mason, Cooper follows the word name trend closely. The title for a barrel maker, Cooper has hard work in his bones and is a great name for an industrious little one. He’s also a surname choice, retaining the fancy feel of similar picks Jackson and Lincoln.

Cooper is inherently youthful, a playful pick with spunky nicknames like Coop and Scoop. While he does come across as young at heart, there’s no reason that Cooper won’t age nicely into adulthood. Many of today’s top names fit his styling and will be there right beside him to keep him company.

Cooper has a few famous faces in his wheelhouse like sports stars Cooper Kupp and Cooper Vuna. As a surname, he’s strongly associated with journalist Anderson Cooper and actor Bradley Cooper.

While Cooper has seen an uptick in use recently, he’s far from being an everyday occurrence. He’s simple to say and spell, avoiding pesky issues other names encounter. Similar names to Cooper include Taylor, Sawyer, and Brooks.

Cooper Name Popularity

How popular is the name Cooper? Here’s everything we know.

Year	Rank	# Births	% Births
1910	—	0	0%
1911	—	0	0%
1912	936	5	0.001%
1913	—	0	0%
1914	—	0	0%
1915	—	0	0%
1916	—	0	0%
1917	—	0	0%
1918	1,420	5	0.0005%
1919	1,398	6	0.0006%
1920	—	0	0%
1921	—	0	0%
1922	1,412	6	0.0005%
1923	—	0	0%
1924	—	0	0%
1925	—	0	0%
1926	—	0	0%
1927	—	0	0%
1928	—	0	0%
1929	—	0	0%
1930	—	0	0%
1931	1,426	5	0.0005%
1932	—	0	0%
1933	—	0	0%
1934	—	0	0%
1935	—	0	0%
1936	—	0	0%
1937	—	0	0%
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1940	—	0	0%
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1942	—	0	0%
1943	—	0	0%
1944	—	0	0%
1945	—	0	0%
1946	1,479	5	0.0003%
1947	—	0	0%
1948	—	0	0%
1949	—	0	0%
1950	—	0	0%
1951	—	0	0%
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1968	—	0	0%
1969	—	0	0%
1970	—	0	0%
1971	—	0	0%
1972	—	0	0%
1973	—	0	0%
1974	1,774	5	0.0004%
1975	—	0	0%
1976	—	0	0%
1977	1,937	5	0.0004%
1978	—	0	0%
1979	1,789	6	0.0004%
1980	1,743	7	0.0005%
1981	1,482	13	0.0009%
1982	1,128	29	0.0019%
1983	1,335	17	0.0012%
1984	956	44	0.003%
1985	935	51	0.0034%
1986	1,046	39	0.0026%
1987	896	63	0.0041%
1988	862	76	0.0049%
1989	776	113	0.007%
1990	759	131	0.0079%
1991	644	205	0.0126%
1992	550	298	0.0187%
1993	489	385	0.0247%
1994	430	493	0.0321%
1995	377	594	0.0394%
1996	356	641	0.0428%
1997	314	814	0.055%
1998	251	1,168	0.078%
1999	260	1,173	0.0783%
2000	240	1,386	0.0907%
2001	201	1,794	0.1191%
2002	194	1,924	0.1284%
2003	166	2,351	0.1545%
2004	133	3,039	0.1994%
2005	121	3,383	0.2213%
2006	113	3,744	0.2391%
2007	96	4,615	0.2925%
2008	92	5,046	0.3265%
2009	84	5,072	0.3393%
2010	75	5,255	0.3647%
2011	82	5,172	0.363%
2012	83	5,191	0.3643%
2013	84	4,890	0.3435%
2014	86	4,839	0.3321%
2015	77	5,262	0.3616%
2016	79	4,964	0.3443%
2017	88	4,572	0.3276%
2018	83	4,441	0.3232%
2019	80	4,529	0.3346%
2020	74	4,469	0.3511%
2021	67	4,661	0.3813%
2022	55	5,471	0.4147%

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Names Like Cooper

If you like Cooper, you’ll love these other names like Cooper.

What names are diminutives of Cooper?

A diminutive is a name that’s like Cooper sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Cooper, but shorter.

Name	Meaning	Origin	Popularity	Other Gender
Coop	Barrel maker	English

What names sound like Cooper?

If you like how Cooper sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Cooper.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Casper	Treasurer	Persian
Gibbor	Strong one	Hebrew
Gibor	Strong one	Hebrew
Harper	Harpist, minstrel	English
Hooper	Maker of hoops	English
Jasper	Treasurer	English
Piper	One who plays the pipes	English
Prosper	Fortunate	Latin
Skipper	Ship, boss	English
Trapper	Trapper	American
Vesper	Evening Star	Latin

What names are similar to Cooper?

Find a name that’s like Cooper, but just a little bit different.

Name	Meaning	Origin	Popularity	Other Gender
Beckett	Bee cottage	English
Brady	Descendant of Bradach	Irish

Carter	Cart user	English
Hunter	Hunter	English
Jaxon	Son of Jack	English
Kiefer	Barrel maker	German
Parker	Keeper of the park	English
Paxton	Poecc's settlement	English
Sawyer	Wood Cutter	English
Tucker	Cloth softener	English

Lists With Cooper

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Siblings of Cooper

Mamas with kids named Cooper also have kids with these names.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Camden	Valley	English
Areli	Golden	Latin
Cole	Charcoal	English
Cadin
Ashlyn	Dream	Irish
Chai	Living, vital	Hebrew
Calvin	Hairless one	English

Annalise	Created name	German
Aria	Vocal solo	English

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17 Comments

JoAnna Apr 10 at 9:00 am

Needed a name to go with my other two boys, Jack and Bennett. We thought of Cooper early on in my pregnancy and went back and forth on it. When we finally got to meet him it just seemed to fit. We also gave him the middle name Samuel, meaning God hears, because we were surrounded in prayer during my difficult labor and delivery.

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Anne Apr 11 at 6:07 pm

My husband picked this name for our 4th son. I wasn’t sure about it at first, but now I love it and it fits him well. It means, “barrel maker” which didn’t seem that significant to me. Later I found out that the first couple (on my grandmother’s side) who came to America, were actually barrel makers in Germany.

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Emily Oct 22 at 4:06 pm

We chose the name Cooper because it sounded spunky and would go well with our last name – Corbin. We liked the nickname Coop and just felt that our little boy’s personality – a mix of funny/playful dad and strong willed but silly mom – would be suited well with a name like Cooper!

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Amanda Oct 10 at 4:30 am

My husband and I just really liked the name. We also like Coop too, so we knew we wouldn’t be upset if people shortened it.

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Kaitlyn Aug 11 at 8:53 am

My boyfriend picked it out

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Cooper Jul 10 at 11:13 pm

I dont know I think it’s alright

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Casey Oct 14 at 12:10 pm

He’s named after a hawk that is common in our area. It’s also gender neutral.

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Jewel Bullard Sep 1 at 4:59 pm

I let my husband choice the name. It’s a good name.

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Sarah Aug 16 at 6:25 pm

I wanted a name that was somewhat unique, but not too out there. When he was born he just looked like a Cooper, it suited him. Sidenote, my husband loves anything trucks and mechanics and he likes the cooper brand tires. Lol!

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Mama Aug 7 at 8:17 am

Named after the chicken coop.

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Heather Nov 9 at 8:44 pm

Just we both lived the name

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Amanda Sep 20 at 11:03 am

Well at first cooper was thought of as the middle name by my mother, Braxton Cooper. We kept playing around and around with other names but the father started to really like cooper as a first name and started referring to the baby as cooper and soon his parents did to so we all just came to an agreement cooper was it. Plus i wanted a name that nobody we knew had it and one that wasnt old but not used often or recently.

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Alyson Sep 9 at 4:51 am

I have a tenancy to like last names as first names , and I like things that feel a little more old or western. My other boy is Zane, and I thought they went nicely together.

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Amanda Jan 12 at 10:14 am

It’s just cute and it stuck after calling him that in utero

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- Sheldon Lee Cooper Jan 11 at 7:33 pm
  
  Honestly I never really searched my last name all that often until today January 11th 2024 the day my fiance went into labor with our daughter Luna Athena Cooper obviously I got my last name from my father but it says that we’re barrel makers or we repaired things in such like that which is funny because I started my own general contracting businessand I’m a budget friendly type business I work with everybody’s budget cuz helping people makes me happy and it’s like everything I know it comes natural like I can just look at something and know how to in like I know how it works like I break it down like quickly in my head and then fix it and I mean everybody learns from mistakes and stuff but I just thought that was kind of cool I mean I’m 36 years old and I’m just now actually caring what my last name stands for I was born and raised Christian so is my girlfriend we just I don’t know this kind of wanted to know the meaning of it we got the goddess of the moon we got a lot of wisdom and then a natural born fix it and my dad was the same way most of the boys from my dad’s side are the same like that they’re all like that but if I have another one if I have a boy I’m definitely going to name him Cooper I’m going to name him backwards he will probably be named after my father or after me but I’m going to do it backwards with Cooper being the first and just like to be different I’m a different type of person yeah I know My name is Sheldon Lee Cooper I get that enough and the funny thing is my mom’s name is Penny anybody that seen the TV show will understand
  
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Ciara Aug 30 at 9:59 pm

We have 3 kids, the first one from my husbands first marriage, Aiden. We wanted to connect the kids somehow, so we decided to do it alphabetically. Aiden, Bentley, Cooper. But also when we were choosing Coopers name we wanted it also to be like a car name like Bentley’s, so they are connected. The 4th child will be car name that begins with a ‘D’, I’m thinking Dakota.

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Sara Mae Jun 9 at 12:43 pm

Cooper is my maternal grandmother’s maiden name. I love that my son has this special connection with a beloved member of my family.

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