How Many People Are Named Couper?
An estimated 168 people in the United States have the first name Couper. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 17 years old, and Couper peaked in popularity in 2010 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Couper 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 Couper paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
168
About 1 in 2,040,204 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
17
years old
Peak Year
2010
17 births
Total Registered
170
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Couper
Couper is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 170 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Couper as a male name
Ranked #7,119 in 2020
11 male births in 2020
Peak: 2010 (17 births)
Couper: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Couper span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 86 babies were registered. Couper has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Couper by Decade
How has Couper 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.
Couper + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Couper as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Couper
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Couper: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Couper?
We estimate approximately 168 people named Couper 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 2,040,204 Americans share this first name.
Is Couper a common name?
Couper is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 71.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 170 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Couper most popular?
Couper reached peak popularity in 2010, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Couper is approximately 17 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Couper a male name?
Couper is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Couper Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Couper Smith, Couper Johnson, Couper 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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