Given name & surname
Cookie
“one who is cute”
Cookie is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “one who is cute.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who is cute.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1940. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cookie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 573
- 0 boys · 573 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 35 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 940 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cookie’s family of names
Cookie has a related form in Cookea. Cookie has a related form in Cookee. Cookie has a related form in Cookey.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Cookie
- Cookie Muelleractress, writer (1949-1989)
- Cookie BelcherAmerican basketball player (born 1978)
- Cookie GilchristAmerican football and Canadian football player (1935-2011)
- Cookie LavagettoAmerican baseball player and coach (1912-1990)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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