girls' name ★ peaked 2020

Coco

Meaning cook Gender Girl Rank 2025 #2,334 Trend → Stable

From the Italian Coco, a surname derived from Sicilian cocu (“cook”).

Rank 2025
#2,334
among girls · ↑60 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
78
named Coco · +3% vs 2024
How common
1 in 20,606
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2020
105 babies
All-time total
1,879
#4,886 all-time among girls
First recorded
1972
in Social Security records

Coco popularity over time

1,879 babies have been named Coco since 1972, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.020.040.060.0818801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2020Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
1920s – – – –
1930s – – – –
1940s – – – –
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1960s – – – –
1970s 21 2 – #8,355
1980s 113 11 +438% #2,673
1990s 109 11 -4% #5,626
2000s 438 44 +302% #2,208
2010s 678 68 +55% #2,204
2020s (to 2025) 520 87 +28% #1,851

Where Coco is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 78 0.05 outside top 500
2027 79 0.05 outside top 500
2028 79 0.05 outside top 500
2029 79 0.05 outside top 500
2030 80 0.05 outside top 500

Where Coco is most popular

Girls named Coco per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.051 per 1,000. Strongest in Hawaii, Utah, and California.

Vs national average
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All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Coco born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Hawaii 10 0.872 +1605%
Utah 28 0.336 +558%
California 108 0.128 +151%
New York 29 0.073 +43%
Minnesota 5 0.046 -9%
Florida 11 0.026 -50%
Texas 19 0.024 -54%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
Arizona – – –
Colorado – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Georgia – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Illinois – – –
Indiana – – –
Kansas – – –
Kentucky – – –
Louisiana – – –
Massachusetts – – –
Maryland – – –
Maine – – –
Michigan – – –
Missouri – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Carolina – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Jersey – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
Ohio – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Oregon – – –
Pennsylvania – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Tennessee – – –
Virginia – – –
Vermont – – –
Washington – – –
Wisconsin – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Coco

Coco is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #2,334 in 2025 with 78 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1972, 1,879 American babies have been named Coco. Its peak came in 2020, when 105 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Coco stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Coco?

The median living Coco is about 12 years old; half are between 5 and 18. An estimated 1,900 people named Coco are alive in the United States today.

median 12 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Coco year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 78 #2,334
2024 76 #2,394
2023 76 #2,382
2022 91 #2,109
2021 94 #2,047
2020 105 #1,851
2019 84 #2,204
2018 63 #2,719
2017 53 #3,059
2016 60 #2,837
2015 84 #2,241
2014 53 #3,119
2013 60 #2,845
2012 73 #2,500
2011 73 #2,487
2010 75 #2,479
2009 89 #2,208
2008 67 #2,726
2007 66 #2,759
2006 61 #2,857
2005 49 #3,176
2004 33 #4,189
2003 16 #6,956
2002 19 #5,949
2001 19 #5,862
2000 19 #5,758
1995 15 #6,024
1990 11 #7,413
1985 7 #8,524
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Famous people named Coco

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Coco Chanel Coco Chanel French fashion designer (1883–1971) 19th century
  2. 2 Coco Austin Coco Austin American television personality (born 1979) Contemporary
  3. 3 Coco Lee Coco Lee Chinese-American singer (1975–2023) Contemporary
  4. 4 Coco Martin Coco Martin Filipino actor and filmmaker (born 1981) Contemporary
  5. 5 CoCo Vandeweghe CoCo Vandeweghe American tennis player (born 1991) Contemporary
  6. 6 Coco Rocha Coco Rocha Canadian model (born 1988) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Coco, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Coco?

The median living Coco is about 12 years old. Half of all living Cocos are between 5 and 18 years old.

How many people named Coco are alive today?

An estimated 1,900 people named Coco are alive in the United States, based on 1,879 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Coco mean?

From the Italian Coco, a surname derived from Sicilian cocu (“cook”).

How popular is the name Coco in 2025?

Coco ranked #2,334 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 78 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Coco?

1,879 babies have been named Coco in the United States since 1972, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Coco most popular?

Coco peaked in 2020, when 105 newborns received the name.

Is Coco a boy or girl name?

Coco is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Coco rising or falling?

Coco is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Coco become more popular?

Coco looks stable. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 80 girls named Coco in 2030, ranking outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Coco?

Well-known people named Coco include Coco Chanel (fashion designer), Coco Austin (model), Coco Lee (musician).

Names like Coco

Names that sound and feel close to Coco: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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