Cooke
Cooke is a surname of English and Irish origin derived from the occupation of cook and anglicisation of various Gaelic names. Variants include Cook and McCook.
Meaning & Origin of Cooke
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cooke is a surname of English and Irish origin derived from the occupation of cook and anglicisation of various Gaelic names. Variants include Cook and McCook.
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The Story of Cooke
Cooke first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2019, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2019: 5 births, good for #12,142 nationwide. Cooke last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Cooke
Phonetically similar names — useful when Cooke is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Cook
- Cake
- Cock
- Coke
- Caulk
- Cack
- Cok
- Coc
- Cak
- Calk
- Cac
- Coch
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Cooke
Cooke is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2019 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Cooke's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #12,142. Use the chart and map above to compare Cooke'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.