Unisex name · since 2001
Copper
429 babies named Copper in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,644 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,983 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 429
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Copper currently ranks #2983 among unisex names in America, with 429 babies recorded since 2001.
Copper has 429 recorded births among boys since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2983 as of the latest data, more common than 79% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #8,644 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,983 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 429 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Copper ranks #8,644 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,983 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 429 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,644 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,983 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 429
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Copper's 429 recorded births place it above 80.97% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Copper compares
429 Top 47% higher than 53% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Copper's all-time total is 16% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Copper | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 429 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 42 | 34 | 22,252 |
Copper's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Copper's full recorded timeline at 2015, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 42 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Copper popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 42
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Copper popularity over time - girls
163 total births recorded since 1978 (Copper as girls' name)
Copper by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (193 births, 45% of the file).
2020s was Copper's strongest decade.
193 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Copper births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 50
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
186 births
- 2020s
2020s
193 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 193 births (45% of all-time use).
Copper by state
Where Copper concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 13 | 3.0% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #3 | Colorado | | 5 | 1.2% |
13 of 429 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Coppers (13 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Copper: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Copper draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.