Casper

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #924 for boys in 2025, 255 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#332
1889 · 28 births
Debut · boys
1880
15 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,208
since 1880

Casper over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Casper has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #332, 1889boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#924255
2024—#880274
2023#15,1945#1,007218
2022—#1,146181
2021#15,2515#1,125181
2020#15,0885#1,225153
2019#13,7996#1,202159
2018—#1,364129
2017—#1,413123
2016—#1,81183
2015—#1,75387
2014—#1,75186
2013—#1,64792
2012—#1,98371
2011—#2,28456
2010—#2,40252
2009—#3,04538
2008—#2,54249
2007—#2,47351
2006—#2,57846
2005—#2,56743
2004—#2,88735
2003—#2,20649
2002—#2,42841
2001—#2,79733
2000—#2,37940
1999—#2,93928
1998—#2,34937
1997—#2,44933
1996—#2,74727
1995—#3,85416
1994—#5,10911
1993—#4,02015
1992—#4,87211
1991—#3,22419
1990—#2,95221
1989—#3,80914
1988—#3,35015
1987—#3,07216
1986—#3,26814
1985—#2,82817
1984—#2,82416
1983—#3,23013
1982—#3,96610
1981—#2,77916
1980—#3,09814
1979—#2,37920
1978—#2,79915
1977—#4,5827
1976—#4,0128
1975—#2,90213
1974—#2,54915
1973—#3,6948
1972—#3,15210
1971—#2,97311
1970—#3,5218
1969—#2,54912
1968—#2,57611
1967—#3,2317
1966—#2,62710
1965—#1,91817
1964—#1,65523
1963—#1,95717
1962—#3,0418
1961—#1,63524
1960—#1,55227
1959—#1,55926
1958—#1,64423
1957—#1,67323
1956—#1,44329
1955—#2,04815
1954—#1,26835
1953—#1,70920
1952—#1,32332
1951—#1,37329
1950—#1,61521
1949—#1,50124
1948—#1,19436
1947—#1,48225
1946—#1,50922
1945—#1,29626
1944—#1,52520
1943—#1,17034
1942—#1,29829
1941—#1,10835
1940—#1,22730
1939—#1,00740
1938—#1,09535
1937—#1,01639
1936—#1,06836
1935—#1,02039
1934—#1,21330
1933—#98042
1932—#88852
1931—#92249
1930—#86558
1929—#79466
1928—#91354
1927—#74776
1926—#91654
1925—#72380
1924—#69688
1923—#66593
1922—#70286
1921—#73780
1920—#69985
1919—#562113
1918—#66786
1917—#571107
1916—#65780
1915—#535108
1914—#59172
1913—#57957
1912—#53955
1911—#62424
1910—#82214
1909—#63618
1908—#68515
1907—#51121
1906—#70912
1905—#59216
1904—#61214
1903—#9107
1902—#53616
1901—#63711
1900—#68014
1899—#48116
1898—#45220
1897—#47317
1896—#40723
1895—#55614
1894—#41920
1893—#45916
1892—#42220
1891—#38620
1890—#51114
1889—#33228
1888—#36925
1887—#54411
1886—#36922
1885—#38022
1884—#50414
1883—#44816
1882—#35525
1881—#44215
1880—#46515
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Casper was already there! It came in at #465, and was given to 15 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1903, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

See more about Casper
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 44 spots since 2024 (#880 → #924)
  • 301 spots since 2020 (#1,225 → #924)
  • 829 spots since 2015 (#1,753 → #924)
  • Biggest jump: 298 spots in 1904 (#910 → #612)
  • Biggest drop: 374 spots in 1903 (#536 → #910)
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1889 at #332 (28 births)
  • Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 56 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1880–1933
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,949
  • Highest: 1 in 3,949 boys born in 1889 were named Casper (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,698 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 20.3% of all boys named Casper (1,262) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s193#332 (1889)#421
1890s180#386 (1891)#457
1900s144#511 (1907)#651
1910s716#535 (1915)#615
1920s762#665 (1923)#759
1930s420#865 (1930)#1,007
1940s281#1,108 (1941)#1,331
1950s253#1,268 (1954)#1,566
1960s156#1,552 (1960)#2,274
1970s115#2,379 (1979)#3,256
1980s145#2,779 (1981)#3,222
1990s218#2,349 (1998)#3,452
2000s425#2,206 (2003)#2,590
2010s938#1,202 (2019)#1,761
2020s1,262#880 (2024)#1,051

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Casper in 1892

boys
#422
20 births · 1 in 6,102 boys

Top boys' names in 1892

  1. #1John9,039
  2. #2William7,782
  3. #3James5,398
  4. #4George4,760
  5. #5Charles4,319
  6. #6Frank3,150
  7. #7Joseph3,064
  8. #8Robert2,710
  9. #9Harry2,460
  10. #10Henry2,452
  11. #422Casper20
More about 1892

boys

122,035 boys got a published name in 1892; 1 in 6,102 of them was named Casper, which outranked 66.5% of the 1,260 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Casper
  1. #415Steven21
  2. #415Tommie21
  3. #415Wendell21
  4. #422Casper20
  5. #422Alford20
  6. #422Anna20
  7. #422Arther20
  8. #445Adolphus19
  9. #445Carey19
  10. #445Cloyd19

Tied with 22 names at #422; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. ↑ 559Pierce#963 → #404
  2. ↑ 505Milford#963 → #458
  3. ↑ 466Rose#963 → #497
  4. ↑ 466Omar#963 → #497
  5. ↑ 396Shelby#841 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Maude#524 → #1,066
  2. ↓ 502Bernice#564 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 502Wilton#564 → #1,066
  4. ↓ 480Wellington#476 → #956
  5. ↓ 469Jule#597 → #1,066

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1892 →