Jasper

#3,645 for girls in 2025, 41 births · #129 for boys in 2025, 2,804 births
Given to boys 98.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
2023 · 2,944 births
Debut · boys
98 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
62,428
since 1880

Jasper over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jasper has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913boysat peak
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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#3,64541#1292,804
2024#3,17650#1332,761
2023#2,51770#1222,944
2022#2,36478#1292,919
2021#2,21284#1282,876
2020#2,59765#1382,640
2019#3,13051#1362,793
2018#3,15851#1552,506
2017#3,47944#1832,117
2016#3,70741#2091,915
2015#3,65042#2141,866
2014#4,00337#2181,755
2013#3,64542#2471,467
2012#5,39825#2631,358
2011#4,91528#2811,253
2010#9,23112#2851,184
2009#4,67731#337945
2008#6,79919#449627
2007#5,52625#465585
2006#6,84018#569442
2005#5,80021#537452
2004#6,76817#575392
2003#6,29918#513470
2002#5,44421#483479
2001#4,68825#549390
2000#4,79124#592334
1999#4,57624#634281
1998#7,10413#611300
1997#4,81921#628274
1996#4,73921#660252
1995#4,34823#687238
1994#5,24918#728207
1993#6,62213#686225
1992#8,06510#665243
1991#6,97612#644251
1990#6,46513#614269
1989#5,28616#657231
1988#6,66611#591248
1987#9,8256#641204
1986#7,1349#694171
1985#7,5638#661177
1984#725144
1983#8,0477#649174
1982#10,5175#700154
1981#10,4115#611194
1980#10,3925#680163
1979#10,2105#693152
1978#697144
1977#741133
1976#763118
1975#760119
1974#796101
1973#786102
1972#778105
1971#782108
1970#81299
1969#720117
1968#76594
1967#670124
1966#718107
1965#679120
1964#655140
1963#655142
1962#610160
1961#635153
1960#581179
1959#592174
1958#566186
1957#590169
1956#564181
1955#542187
1954#501209
1953#516187
1952#491206
1951#468211
1950#459208
1949#472194
1948#442225
1947#471203
1946#448201
1945#431191
1944#448184
1943#386252
1942#4,6225#390241
1941#402208
1940#383221
1939#382221
1938#400201
1937#370219
1936#352236
1935#371212
1934#351246
1933#356231
1932#340263
1931#345252
1930#328285
1929#315306
1928#4,1956#302336
1927#4,8055#309346
1926#4,8515#290389
1925#292387
1924#291396
1923#282403
1922#275423
1921#284390
1920#284388
1919#260423
1918#269391
1917#262377
1916#266358
1915#265332
1914#246306
1913#237248
1912#262178
1911#237114
1910#27082
1909#24083
1908#23878
1907#21987
1906#26356
1905#21380
1904#26452
1903#24457
1902#21967
1901#22958
1900#19797
1899#20265
1898#22760
1897#18483
1896#17890
1895#20371
1894#21661
1893#19972
1892#20870
1891#20658
1890#14995
1889#17676
1888#19078
1887#19065
1886#15788
1885#15487
1884#16783
1883#16574
1882#15788
1881#15083
1880#13998
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jasper was already there! It came in at #139, and was given to 98 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1904, when fewer than 68 boys a year got the name.

See more about Jasper
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 4 spots since 2024 (#133#129)
  • 9 spots since 2020 (#138#129)
  • 85 spots since 2015 (#214#129)
  • Biggest jump: 112 spots in 2009 (#449#337)
  • Biggest drop: 95 spots in 1968 (#670#765)
Rise & fade · boys
143 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2023 at #122 (2,944 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 581
  • Highest: 1 in 581 boys born in 2023 were named Jasper (0.17%)
  • Latest: 1 in 609 boys born in 2025 (0.16%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 29.2% of all boys named Jasper (18,214) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #139 (1880) → #812 (1970) → #122 (2023)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s820#139 (1880)#165
1890s725#149 (1890)#197
1900s715#197 (1900)#233
1910s2,809#237 (1913)#257
1920s3,764#275 (1922)#292
1930s2,366#328 (1930)#360
1940s2,120#383 (1940)#427
1950s1,918#459 (1950)#529
1960s1,336#581 (1960)#669
1970s1,181#693 (1979)#761
1980s1,860#591 (1988)#661
1990s2,540#611 (1998)#656
2000s5,116#337 (2009)#507
2010s18,214#136 (2019)#219
2020s16,944#122 (2023)#130

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.

Jasper in 1913

boys
#237
248 births · 1 in 2,067 boys

Top boys' names in 1913

  1. #1John29,329
  2. #2William23,538
  3. #3James20,832
  4. #4Robert15,684
  5. #5Joseph14,471
  6. #6George13,874
  7. #7Charles13,191
  8. #8Edward9,474
  9. #9Frank9,237
  10. #10Thomas7,096
  11. #237Jasper248
More about 1913

boys

512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 2,067 of them was named Jasper, which outranked 92.7% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jasper
  1. #234Aubrey255
  2. #235Dave249
  3. #235Millard249
  4. #237Jasper248
  5. #237Gene248
  6. #239Ted247
  7. #240Eldon243
  8. #240Juan243

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. 1,050Mathias#1,885#835
  2. 935Hymen#1,885#950
  3. 796Waldemar#1,746#950
  4. 751Rolf#1,746#995
  5. 689Domenico#1,619#930
Fallers
  1. 975Holland#970#1,945
  2. 885Cameron#918#1,803
  3. 868Larue#935#1,803
  4. 726Irene#854#1,580
  5. 688Hughie#892#1,580

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

See the top 100 for 1913