Is Cookie a boy or girl name?

Cookie is a girl’s name. Of the 573 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Cookie

Recorded 1940–1993 · United States

Cookie was most popular in 1958, when 35 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,014 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 573 people named Cookie.

Cookie over time

Births per year. The dot marks Cookie’s peak in 1958. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Cookie a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Cookie is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 573 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org