Casper

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Casper is ranked 879th among boys in 2024 (273 births). Its best rank was 332nd, in 1889.

Rank in 2024: #879outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 2730.02% of boys
Peak year: 2024273 births
Best rank: #332in 1889
Since 1880: 5,951people given the name

Babies named Casper, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

5,951 boys have been named Casper in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 273 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1960, and the 2020s alone account for 17%. It has spent 55 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Casper
1880s	193
1890s	180
1900s	144
1910s	716
1920s	762
1930s	420
1940s	281
1950s	253
1960s	156
1970s	115
1980s	145
1990s	218
2000s	425
2010s	938
2020s	1,005

In 2024, its biggest year

Casper was the 879th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Casper

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

Kasper1,304 ever

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.