Cookie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cookie

The Social Security Administration has registered 573 babies named Cookie between 1940 and 1993, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cookie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cookie performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 251 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Cookie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Cookie in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cookie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 573 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.