girls:
138 births since 1978
#5578 (2nd percentile)
boys:
362 births since 2001
#4224 (8th percentile)
overall:
500 births since 1978
#7239 (6th percentile)
The name Copper is the #7,239 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 500 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 6.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,224 (7.8% percentile) for all time with 362 births since 2001. For girls, it ranks #5,578 (2.4% percentile) for all time with 138 births since 1978.
Copper first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (1978 for girls and 2001 for boys). Birth data for Copper is available in 22 out of the 46 years between 1978 and 2023 (20 years for boys and 16 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Copper has been given predominantly to boys, with 72.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 78.7% of babies named Copper were boys. Interestingly, until around 2001, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1978 to 2000), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (74.3% boys from 2001 to 2023).
For boys, Copper reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #879) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Copper is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #879 (3.5% percentile) with 20 births per million.
For girls, Copper reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #947) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Copper ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 64.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Copper".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Copper. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.4% confident that Copper is pronounced as KAH-per, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAW-per, at 14.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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