How Many People Are Named Caprice?

3,370

people named Caprice are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 101,419 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,563 babies named Caprice in Social Security records from 1949 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#4,780

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#2,691

See the top 100

Peak Year

1966

116 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (Rare)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

From the English word meaning "impulse", ultimately (via French) from Italian capriccio.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
94.9%
Male
5.1%

Of the babies given the name Caprice, 94.9% were girls and 5.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1950s: 100% of the babies were girls then and 92.7% in the 2010s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Caprice alive today is about 39 years old, and 58% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 54 in 2025.

Under 30 1,042
30.9%
30 to 59 1,943
57.7%
60 and over 385
11.4%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Caprice first appears in the records in 1949 and was given most often in 1966, to 116 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1949 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Caprice has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #944, in 1966. In 2025 it ranked #7,563.

Girls
Rank in 2025#7,563
Best rank#944 (1966)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#2,089 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Caprice alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Caprice were born in California than in any other state: about 375 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Caprice was given 3.5 times as often in Illinois, 2.7 times in California and 2.2 times in New York.

California 375
Illinois 201
New York 190
Pennsylvania 85
Michigan 81
Ohio 70
Florida 25
Texas 24
Maryland 23
New Jersey 9
Louisiana 7
Indiana 5
Tennessee 5
Connecticut 5
Virginia 5
Washington 5
Wisconsin 5

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