How Many People Are Named Jasper?
people named Jasper are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 6,818 people in the US has this name
Based on 63,674 babies named Jasper in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,014 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "treasurer" in Persian. This name was traditionally assigned to one of the wise men (also known as the Magi, or three kings) who were said to have visited the newborn Jesus. It has occasionally been used in the English-speaking world since the Middle Ages. The name can also be given in reference to the English word for the gemstone.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jasper, 2.4% were girls and 97.6% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jasper alive today is about 16 years old, and 84% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jasper first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2023, to 3,014 babies. In 2025, 2,845 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jasper has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #122, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #129.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #129 |
| Best rank | #122 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #207 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jasper alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jasper were born in California than in any other state: about 5,512 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jasper was given 2.2 times as often in North Carolina, 2.1 times in Arkansas and 2.1 times in South Carolina.
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