Cochise
Cochise was the leader of the Chiricahui local group of the Chokonen and principal nantan of the Chokonen band of a Chiricahua Apache. A key war leader during the Apache Wars, he led an uprising that began in 1861 and persisted until a peace treaty was negotiated in 1872. Cochise County is named after him.
- Apache
Meaning & Origin of Cochise
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cochise was the leader of the Chiricahui local group of the Chokonen and principal nantan of the Chokonen band of a Chiricahua Apache. A key war leader during the Apache Wars, he led an uprising that began in 1861 and persisted until a peace treaty was negotiated in 1872. Cochise County is named after him.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Apache
The Story of Cochise
The earliest SSA record of Cochise as a baby boy name dates back to 1954, when 5 babies received it. 1978 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Cochise — #3,400 in the national rankings. The 1970s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 49% of all recorded Cochises. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2021 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 76 Cochises have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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Names that sound like Cochise
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- Coaches
- Couches
- Catches
- Ketches
- Cages
- Cashews
- Catchers
- Cashes
- Coas
- Calise
- Caches
- Cocos
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About the name Cochise
Cochise is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1954 and has accumulated 76 births in the dataset. Cochise's peak popularity came in 1978 when it ranked #3,400. Use the chart and map above to compare Cochise's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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