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Cooper

As a boy's name, Cooper traces back to Middle English, where it is understood to mean "Middle English occupational surname". It shows no signs of slowing down, reaching new highs in the 2010s. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. Since 1900, roughly 82,682 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.

Middle EnglishMiddle English occupational surname
Etymology"Barrel maker"
Births by decade
1900s
20
1910s
163
1920s
172
1930s
135
1940s
117
1950s
118
1960s
156
1970s
238
1980s
1,035
1990s
6,438
2000s
33,073
2010s
41,017
Peaked in the 2010s · 82,682 total U.S. births since 1900