How Many People Are Named Casper?
people named Casper are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 96,006 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,229 babies named Casper in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
274 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Dutch and Scandinavian form of JASPER. This is the name of a friendly ghost in a series of comic books.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Casper, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Casper alive today is about 20 years old, and 77% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Casper first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2024, to 274 babies. In 2025, 255 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Casper has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #332, in 1889. In 2025 it ranked #924.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #924 |
| Best rank | #332 (1889) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,035 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Casper alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Casper were born in California than in any other state: about 356 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Casper was given 6.2 times as often in North Dakota, 2.8 times in New York and 2.2 times in Minnesota.
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