girl's name

Cookie

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 573

Cookie is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 1993 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1958, when 35 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1940.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Cookie over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 1990s. The striped bar is the 1990s, still in progress — it covers 1990 to 1993, not a full ten years.

251
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90
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Births named Cookie by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 122
1950s 251
1960s 89
1970s 87
1980s 14
1990s (to 1993) 10

How popular is Cookie?

In 1993, Cookie was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Cookie

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Cookie also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Cookie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Cookie

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Cookie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Cookie

How popular is the name Cookie?

In 1993, Cookie was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Cookie a girl's or a boy's name?

Cookie is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Cookie?

Cookie has 2 syllables.

When was Cookie most popular?

Cookie peaked in 1958, when 35 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.