Thirty years of Cooper
Cooper in numbers
Cooper is still climbing: from 5 boys in 1997 (its first published year) to 493 in 2025, its highest count so far. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2010 and 2013, from 112 to 281.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year+28%384 to 493
- 5 years+45%340 to 493
- 10 years+28%385 to 493
- 20 years+1,197%38 to 493
- Since 1997 (first published)×995 to 493
- Total, 1996 to 20255,825boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 105 · ONS · 384 in 2024
Rank 79 · NRS · 40 in 2024
Rank 138 · NISRA · 17 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 105 | 493 | +28% | 1 in 610 |
| 2024 | =139 | 384 | +3% | 1 in 794 |
| 2023 | 142 | 372 | +4% | 1 in 815 |
| 2022 | 151 | 357 | -9% | 1 in 870 |
| 2021 | 145 | 393 | +16% | 1 in 815 |
| 2020 | 156 | 340 | -19% | 1 in 925 |
| 2019 | 134 | 421 | +1% | 1 in 782 |
| 2018 | =136 | 417 | +11% | 1 in 810 |
| 2017 | 154 | 374 | -4% | 1 in 931 |
| 2016 * | =147 | 390 | +1% | 1 in 913 |
| 2015 | 147 | 385 | +42% | 1 in 930 |
| 2014 | 210 | 271 | -4% | 1 in 1,316 |
| 2013 | =198 | 281 | +9% | 1 in 1,275 |
| 2012 | =211 | 258 | +64% | 1 in 1,451 |
| 2011 | =284 | 157 | +40% | 1 in 2,363 |
| 2010 | =364 | 112 | +13% | 1 in 3,312 |
| 2009 | =396 | 99 | +16% | 1 in 3,658 |
| 2008 | =430 | 85 | +35% | 1 in 4,270 |
| 2007 | =509 | 63 | +57% | 1 in 5,626 |
| 2006 | =677 | 40 | +5% | 1 in 8,560 |
| 2005 | =678 | 38 | +23% | 1 in 8,699 |
| 2004 | =731 | 31 | +138% | 1 in 10,591 |
| 2003 | =1,248 | 13 | -32% | 1 in 24,493 |
| 2002 | =907 | 19 | 1 in 16,108 | |
| 2001 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2000 | =1,425 | 9 | +50% | 1 in 34,401 |
| 1999 | =1,850 | 6 | -50% | 1 in 53,207 |
| 1998 | =1,110 | 12 | +140% | 1 in 27,158 |
| 1997 | =2,022 | 5 | 1 in 65,913 | |
| 1996 | n/a | under 3 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate