Cooper is a boy's name of English origin meaning “barrel maker.” In 2024 it was given to 5,699 boys in the United States.
Cooper belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “barrel maker” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Cooper first appears in Social Security records in 1882. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #50 in 2024, and in 2024 5,699 babies received the name — 116,203 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Cooper means “barrel maker” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Cooper is a boy name. In 2024, 5,699 babies received the name in the US.
Cooper comes from the English & American tradition.
Cooper first appears in US records in 1882. Its best-ever ranking was #50 in 2024, and 5,699 babies were given the name in 2024.
Cooper is pronounced /ˈkuːpə(ɹ)/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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