Casper Boy
How popular is Casper?
#924 boy name in 2025
255 baby boys were named Casper in the US in 2025, making it the 924th most popular boy name.
Casper popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #924 for boys (▼ 44 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 255 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+193% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,753 in 2015, #1,225 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (274 boys) |
| Highest rank | #332 in 1889 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Casper counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Casper family of names ranked #689 for boys in 2025 (#660 the year before), with 367 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Casper | 255 | 69% |
| Kasper | 84 | 23% |
| Caspar | 20 | 5% |
| Kaspar | 8 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Casper is most popular
Babies named Casper per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Oregon: 0.3 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- Wisconsin: 0.3 per 1,000 (33 boys)
- Washington: 0.3 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (93 boys)
- Michigan: 0.2 per 1,000 (37 boys)
Casper by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 193 | #332 |
| 1890s | 180 | #386 |
| 1900s | 144 | #511 |
| 1910s | 716 | #535 |
| 1920s | 762 | #665 |
| 1930s | 420 | #865 |
| 1940s | 281 | #1,108 |
| 1950s | 253 | #1,267 |
| 1960s | 156 | #1,551 |
| 1970s | 115 | #2,378 |
| 1980s | 145 | #2,777 |
| 1990s | 218 | #2,346 |
| 2000s | 425 | #2,202 |
| 2010s | 938 | #1,202 |
| 2020s | 1,262 | #880 |
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Questions
- Is Casper a boy or girl name?
- Casper is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Casper were boys.
- How popular is the name Casper?
- 255 baby boys were named Casper in the US in 2025, making it the 924th most popular boy name.
- When was Casper most popular?
- Casper peaked in 2024, when 274 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #332 in 1889.
- How many people are named Casper?
- 6,229 babies have been named Casper in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,601 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Casper most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Casper was most common in Oregon, at 0.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.