How Many People Are Named Cougar?
An estimated 203 people in the United States have the first name Cougar. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Cougar peaked in popularity in 2007 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Cougar 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 Cougar paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
203
About 1 in 1,688,445 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
2007
17 births
Total Registered
206
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Cougar
Cougar is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 206 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Cougar as a male name
Ranked #11,097 in 2011
6 male births in 2011
Peak: 2007 (17 births)
Cougar: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Cougar span from the 1980s to the 2010s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 125 babies were registered. Cougar has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Cougar by Decade
How has Cougar 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.
Cougar + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Cougar as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Cougar
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Cougar: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Cougar?
We estimate approximately 203 people named Cougar 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 1,688,445 Americans share this first name.
Is Cougar a common name?
Cougar is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 74.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 206 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Cougar most popular?
Cougar reached peak popularity in 2007, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Cougar is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Cougar a male name?
Cougar is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Cougar Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Cougar Smith, Cougar Johnson, Cougar 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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