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
- Peak · boys
- 1889 · 28 births
- Debut · boys
- 15 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,208since 1880
Casper over time
Rank among boys' names. Casper has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #924 | 255 | |
| 2024 | — | #880 | 274 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #1,007 | 218 |
| 2022 | — | #1,146 | 181 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #1,125 | 181 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #1,225 | 153 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #1,202 | 159 |
| 2018 | — | #1,364 | 129 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,413 | 123 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,811 | 83 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,753 | 87 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,751 | 86 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,647 | 92 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,983 | 71 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,284 | 56 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,402 | 52 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,045 | 38 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,542 | 49 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,473 | 51 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,578 | 46 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,567 | 43 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,887 | 35 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,206 | 49 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,428 | 41 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,797 | 33 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,379 | 40 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,939 | 28 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,349 | 37 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,449 | 33 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,747 | 27 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,854 | 16 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,109 | 11 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,020 | 15 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,224 | 19 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,952 | 21 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,809 | 14 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,350 | 15 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,072 | 16 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,828 | 17 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,824 | 16 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,230 | 13 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,966 | 10 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,779 | 16 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,098 | 14 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,379 | 20 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,799 | 15 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,902 | 13 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,549 | 15 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,152 | 10 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,549 | 12 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,576 | 11 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,627 | 10 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,918 | 17 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,655 | 23 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,957 | 17 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,635 | 24 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,552 | 27 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,559 | 26 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,644 | 23 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,673 | 23 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,443 | 29 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,268 | 35 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,709 | 20 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,323 | 32 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,373 | 29 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,615 | 21 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,501 | 24 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,194 | 36 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,482 | 25 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,509 | 22 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,296 | 26 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,525 | 20 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,170 | 34 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,298 | 29 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,108 | 35 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,227 | 30 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,007 | 40 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,095 | 35 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,016 | 39 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,068 | 36 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,020 | 39 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,213 | 30 | |
| 1933 | — | #980 | 42 | |
| 1932 | — | #888 | 52 | |
| 1931 | — | #922 | 49 | |
| 1930 | — | #865 | 58 | |
| 1929 | — | #794 | 66 | |
| 1928 | — | #913 | 54 | |
| 1927 | — | #747 | 76 | |
| 1926 | — | #916 | 54 | |
| 1925 | — | #723 | 80 | |
| 1924 | — | #696 | 88 | |
| 1923 | — | #665 | 93 | |
| 1922 | — | #702 | 86 | |
| 1921 | — | #737 | 80 | |
| 1920 | — | #699 | 85 | |
| 1919 | — | #562 | 113 | |
| 1918 | — | #667 | 86 | |
| 1917 | — | #571 | 107 | |
| 1916 | — | #657 | 80 | |
| 1915 | — | #535 | 108 | |
| 1914 | — | #591 | 72 | |
| 1913 | — | #579 | 57 | |
| 1912 | — | #539 | 55 | |
| 1911 | — | #624 | 24 | |
| 1910 | — | #822 | 14 | |
| 1909 | — | #636 | 18 | |
| 1908 | — | #685 | 15 | |
| 1907 | — | #511 | 21 | |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | — | #592 | 16 | |
| 1904 | — | #612 | 14 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #536 | 16 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #680 | 14 | |
| 1899 | — | #481 | 16 | |
| 1898 | — | #452 | 20 | |
| 1897 | — | #473 | 17 | |
| 1896 | — | #407 | 23 | |
| 1895 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1894 | — | #419 | 20 | |
| 1893 | — | #459 | 16 | |
| 1892 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1891 | — | #386 | 20 | |
| 1890 | — | #511 | 14 | |
| 1889 | — | #332 | 28 | |
| 1888 | — | #369 | 25 | |
| 1887 | — | #544 | 11 | |
| 1886 | — | #369 | 22 | |
| 1885 | — | #380 | 22 | |
| 1884 | — | #504 | 14 | |
| 1883 | — | #448 | 16 | |
| 1882 | — | #355 | 25 | |
| 1881 | — | #442 | 15 | |
| 1880 | — | #465 | 15 | |
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.
Where Casper is popular in 1929
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#197 · 1 in 1,246
- Minnesota#294 · 1 in 3,920
- Pennsylvania#408 · 1 in 10,042
- New York#410 · 1 in 8,648
Best ever in a state: #112 in North Dakota, 1919.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Dakota | #197 | 5 | 1 in 1,246 |
| Minnesota | #294 | 5 | 1 in 3,920 |
| Pennsylvania | #408 | 8 | 1 in 10,042 |
| New York | #410 | 11 | 1 in 8,648 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Casper
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1889 at #332 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1880–1933
- 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%)
- 20.3% of all boys named Casper (1,262) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 193 | #332 (1889) | #421 |
| 1890s | 180 | #386 (1891) | #457 |
| 1900s | 144 | #511 (1907) | #651 |
| 1910s | 716 | #535 (1915) | #615 |
| 1920s | 762 | #665 (1923) | #759 |
| 1930s | 420 | #865 (1930) | #1,007 |
| 1940s | 281 | #1,108 (1941) | #1,331 |
| 1950s | 253 | #1,268 (1954) | #1,566 |
| 1960s | 156 | #1,552 (1960) | #2,274 |
| 1970s | 115 | #2,379 (1979) | #3,256 |
| 1980s | 145 | #2,779 (1981) | #3,222 |
| 1990s | 218 | #2,349 (1998) | #3,452 |
| 2000s | 425 | #2,206 (2003) | #2,590 |
| 2010s | 938 | #1,202 (2019) | #1,761 |
| 2020s | 1,262 | #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 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 16,297 of them was named Casper, which outranked 82.5% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).