Kasper Boy
How popular is Kasper?
#1,867 boy name in 2025
84 baby boys were named Kasper in the US in 2025, making it the 1867th most popular boy name.
Kasper popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,867 for boys (▼ 132 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 84 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+58% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,411 in 2015, #2,113 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (95 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,735 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1912 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 97% boys, 3% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kasper 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 Kasper is most popular
Babies named Kasper per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Utah: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (45 boys)
Kasper by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 48 | #2,151 |
| 1920s | 24 | #2,948 |
| 1930s | 12 | #2,829 |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,713 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1990s | 72 | #4,756 |
| 2000s | 279 | #2,978 |
| 2010s | 443 | #1,973 |
| 2020s | 496 | #1,735 |
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Questions
- Is Kasper a boy or girl name?
- Kasper is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Kasper were boys.
- How popular is the name Kasper?
- 84 baby boys were named Kasper in the US in 2025, making it the 1867th most popular boy name.
- When was Kasper most popular?
- Kasper peaked in 2024, when 95 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,735 in 2024.
- How many people are named Kasper?
- 1,409 babies have been named Kasper in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,315 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Kasper most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kasper was most common in Illinois, at 0.1 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.