Given name & surname
Hooper
“one who makes hoops for barrels”
Hooper is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who makes hoops for barrels.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who makes hoops for barrels.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hooper through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 123
- 123 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1914
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,065 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,065 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1914. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 140 as a first name in 2020; 32,518 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hooper’s family of names
Hooper has a related form in Hoopar. Hooper has a related form in Hoopir. Hooper has a related form in Hoopor.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Hooper
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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