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
1889 · 28 births
Debut · boys
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #332, 1889boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 1925

boys
#723
80 births · 1 in 13,949 boys

Top boys' names in 1925

  1. #1Robert60,895
  2. #2John57,195
  3. #3William53,310
  4. #4James52,680
  5. #5Charles29,580
  6. #6George26,560
  7. #7Joseph24,613
  8. #8Richard23,269
  9. #9Edward20,090
  10. #10Donald19,193
  11. #723Casper80
More about 1925

boys

1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 13,949 of them was named Casper, which outranked 85.1% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Casper
  1. #717Hans81
  2. #717Miller81
  3. #717Shelton81
  4. #723Casper80
  5. #723Carleton80
  6. #723Helen80
  7. #723Logan80
  8. #730Americo79
  9. #730Bradley79
  10. #730Connie79

Tied with 6 names at #723; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. 548Okey#1,532#984
  2. 494Eddy#1,492#998
  3. 422Terrence#1,223#801
  4. 371Hughie#1,355#984
  5. 363Rexford#1,287#924
Fallers
  1. 444Baxter#916#1,360
  2. 429Adelbert#817#1,246
  3. 407Jonnie#925#1,332
  4. 406Faustino#984#1,390
  5. 387Deward#859#1,246

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

See the top 100 for 1925