A FIELD REPORT ON THE NAME
Cooper
vocational · scuffed · percussive
Origin & Meaning
AI-WrittenThe name began as an English occupational surname for a maker of wooden casks, from Latin cupa. In colonial American seaports, coopers assembled the watertight barrels that carried flour, salted pork, and whale oil. The title first appeared on American birth certificates in 1882. Broad adoption arrived a century later when parents turned trade surnames into classroom mainstays.
Also answers toCoop
Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1882–2025
SSA Data 1882 peak: 7,653 souls, A.D. 2025 2025
2025: 7,653 born, rising ↑
Estimated Age
13 yrs
Most Coopers were born around 2025 — has never once waited for a photo to develop.
Peak Reign
2025
№27 that year
Generation
Gen Alpha, 55%
then Gen Z 42% · Millennial 3%
Rarity
Top 2000 all-time
≈126K ever born · now rising
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Cooper grew up with
SSA Datapodcasts in the car seat·self-checkout beeps·a screen that always answers back
Data vs. Humans
What the data says
SSA Data
SSA: Cooper peaked in 2025.
Estimated average age: 13.
What people think
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Cooper sounds like someone born in —
Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates
AI Seed · Votes Override at n=30 Vintage Modern
Formal Casual
Soft Strong
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Public Opinion Ledger
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The public has not yet weighed in on Cooper. Early ballots carry the most weight.
* Early ballots — fewer than 30 cast so far. The ledger settles at 30.
First Impressions
AI-WrittenThe name reads today as an adolescent in athletic shorts who carries an oversized insulated water bottle. With an estimated average age of thirteen, it rarely suggests an adult filing tax extensions. Nearly all living Coopers belong to Generation Z or Generation Alpha. It is also one of the few contemporary boy names that regularly shares a veterinary waiting room with itself.
Field Notes
AI-WrittenField Note 01
The name reached its historical peak in 2025 with about eight thousand births, ranking twenty-seventh nationwide.
Field Note 02
Girls account for about two percent of the roughly 126,000 Americans given the name on birth certificates since 1882.
Field Note 03
Generation Alpha accounts for fifty-five percent of all living bearers, meaning a majority of Coopers currently require signed parental permission slips.
Notable Coopers
AI-WrittenCooper KuppNFL wide receiver, b. 1993
Cooper Manningtelevision host, b. 1974
Cooper Flaggbasketball player, b. 2006
Ephemera — If Cooper were a…
AI-WrittenCity
Bend, Oregon
Color
Raw pine
Job
Bicycle mechanic
Artifact
Dented aluminum carabiner
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