How Many People Are Named Cookie?
An estimated 406 people in the United States have the first name Cookie. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 65 years old, and Cookie peaked in popularity in 1958 with 35 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Cookie as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Cookie paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- With an average bearer age of 65, Cookie is a vintage name most associated with earlier generations. Most living bearers were born before 1971.
Estimated Living Americans
406
About 1 in 844,223 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
65
years old
Peak Year
1958
35 births
Total Registered
573
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Cookie
Cookie is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 573 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Cookie as a female name
Ranked #13,928 in 1993
5 female births in 1993
Peak: 1958 (35 births)
Cookie: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Cookie span from the 1940s to the 1990s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1950s, when 251 babies were registered. Cookie has declined significantly from its peak in the 1950s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Cookie by Decade
How has Cookie tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Cookie by State
Birth registrations for Cookie span all 4 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Texas. The lowest are in Ohio, Texas, New York. On average, about 10 Cookies were registered per state.
Cookie + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Cookie as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Cookie
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Cookie: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Cookie?
We estimate approximately 406 people named Cookie are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 844,223 Americans share this first name.
Is Cookie a common name?
Cookie is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 82.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 573 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Cookie most popular?
Cookie reached peak popularity in 1958, when 35 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Cookie is approximately 65 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Cookie a female name?
Cookie is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Cookie Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Cookie Smith, Cookie Johnson, Cookie Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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