Copper — #4268 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Copper

The Social Security Administration has registered 387 babies named Copper between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Copper currently holds the #4268 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 37 babies received it in a single year. Copper is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 151 additional births since 1978.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Copper performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 186 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Copper shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Copper in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Copper 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 387 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.