# Coco (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/coco/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sicilian |
| Meaning | “cook” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkəʊkə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Cocco, Lococo |
| US babies named this | 1,879 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,879 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,471, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the Italian Coco, a surname derived from Sicilian cocu (“cook”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 73 | 2,487 |
| 2012 | 73 | 2,500 |
| 2013 | 60 | 2,845 |
| 2014 | 53 | 3,119 |
| 2015 | 84 | 2,241 |
| 2016 | 60 | 2,837 |
| 2017 | 53 | 3,059 |
| 2018 | 63 | 2,719 |
| 2019 | 84 | 2,204 |
| 2020 | 105 | 1,851 |
| 2021 | 94 | 2,047 |
| 2022 | 91 | 2,109 |
| 2023 | 76 | 2,382 |
| 2024 | 76 | 2,394 |
| 2025 | 78 | 2,334 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 105 | 420 |
| 2012 | 84 | 514 |
| 2013 | 73 | 561 |
| 2014 | 53 | 740 |
| 2015 | 61 | 666 |
| 2016 | 47 | 813 |
| 2017 | 60 | 683 |
| 2018 | 65 | 624 |
| 2019 | 76 | 532 |
| 2020 | 78 | 514 |
| 2021 | 69 | 567 |
| 2022 | 58 | 647 |
| 2023 | 46 | 774 |
| 2024 | 53 | 708 |
| 2025 | 50 | 733 |

## In other languages

- Italian: Coco

## People named Coco

- Coco Jones, American actress and singer
- Coco Rocha, Canadian fashion model
- Coco Brown, American pornographic actress
- Coco Montoya, American musician
- Coco Schumann, German jazz musician (1924–2018)
- Coco Fusco, American artist (born 1960)
- Coco Crisp, American baseball player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.