Caprice

Where Caprice comes from

The dictionaries list Caprice as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1949
    First appearance
    #4,235 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1966
    Peak, #944
    116 babies named Caprice — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1971
    Caprice Bourret born
    American socialite
  4. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,290.
  5. 1993
    Caprice Dydasco born
    American soccer player
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Caprice Bourret · American socialite, born 1971
  • Caprice Dydasco · American soccer player, born 1993
  • Caprice Coleman · American professional wrestler, born 1977
  • Caprice Benedetti · American actress, born 1966
  • Caprice Crane · American writer, born 1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.