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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015boysat peak
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

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 2015

girls
#3,650
42 births · 1 in 42,502 girls
boys
#214
1,866 births · 1 in 1,027 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #3,650Jasper42

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #214Jasper1,866
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 42,502 of them was named Jasper, which outranked 80.9% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jasper
  1. #3,595Unknown43
  2. #3,595Yelitza43
  3. #3,595Zaliyah43
  4. #3,650Jasper42
  5. #3,650Aaminah42
  6. #3,650Adisyn42
  7. #3,650Ahlam42
  8. #3,705Addy41
  9. #3,705Alizae41
  10. #3,705Andee41

Tied with 54 names at #3,650; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. 1,984Alaia#2,648#664
  2. 1,835Meilani#2,781#946
  3. 1,733Aitana#2,648#915
  4. 1,387Aislinn#2,351#964
  5. 1,072Taya#2,049#977
Fallers
  1. 1,075Isis#703#1,778
  2. 502Annabell#923#1,425
  3. 500Anabel#911#1,411
  4. 344Cindy#711#1,055
  5. 334Anabella#529#863

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

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 1,027 of them was named Jasper, which outranked 98.5% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jasper
  1. #211Derek1,885
  2. #212Elliott1,875
  3. #213Cayden1,869
  4. #214Jasper1,866
  5. #215Jax1,865
  6. #216Lorenzo1,845
  7. #217Omar1,836
Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. 1,348Riaan#2,277#929
  2. 397Huxley#1,355#958
  3. 355Wilder#1,313#958
  4. 284Jaziel#1,218#934
  5. 268Canaan#1,074#806
Fallers
  1. 676Arnav#891#1,567
  2. 262Jayse#906#1,168
  3. 239Neymar#551#790
  4. 228Rylee#877#1,105
  5. 204Johnathon#915#1,119

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

See the top 100 for 2015