Cooley vs Cooper

Side-by-side comparison of Cooley and Cooper — popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

Name A

Cooley

Boy name

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Name B

Cooper

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Metric Cooley Cooper
Current Rank Unranked #50
Total Births (all years) 10 116,203
Peak Year 1918 2024
Peak Year Births 5 5,699
Peak Decade 1910ss 2010ss
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1918 1882

Births by Decade

Decade Cooley Cooper
1880ss — 30
1890ss — 21
1900ss — 20
1910ss 5 163
1920ss — 172
1930ss — 135
1940ss — 117
1950ss — 118
1960ss — 155
1970ss — 239
1980ss — 1,020
1990ss — 6,274
2000ss 5 32,437
2010ss — 49,269
2020ss — 26,033

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Cooley Cooper
2014 — 4,850
2015 — 5,272
2016 — 4,974
2017 — 4,617
2018 — 4,473
2019 — 4,555
2020 — 4,592
2021 — 4,673
2022 — 5,628
2023 — 5,441
2024 — 5,699

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1918–2009.

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