Boy · English
Cooper
Say it: KOO-pur
Meaning
From an English occupational surname for a maker of barrels and casks.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A surname name that rose steadily in the US from the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 96,694 babies given this name since 1882
- At its height in 2015, about 1 in 363 boys
- 4,682 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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