Caprice
#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to girls 94.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1966 · 116 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,383since 1949
Caprice over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 | — | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #6,967 | 16 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,069 | 36 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,887 | 28 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,557 | 24 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #5,543 | 24 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,247 | 26 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,370 | 34 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #3,859 | 41 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,601 | 45 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #2,631 | 68 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #2,865 | 57 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,748 | 38 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,590 | 39 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,888 | 51 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,417 | 39 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #2,672 | 55 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #2,438 | 59 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #2,498 | 55 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #2,622 | 48 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,177 | 62 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #2,486 | 51 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #2,323 | 56 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #1,679 | 89 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #1,908 | 73 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #1,727 | 84 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #1,543 | 99 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,701 | 80 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,600 | 81 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,630 | 75 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #1,770 | 65 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,137 | 49 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #2,574 | 36 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,236 | 43 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,369 | 41 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,657 | 34 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #2,749 | 33 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,020 | 50 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #2,050 | 46 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #2,162 | 43 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #2,255 | 37 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #2,060 | 42 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,290 | 34 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #1,399 | 70 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #1,394 | 71 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,176 | 97 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,421 | 73 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,019 | 114 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,123 | 90 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,239 | 74 | — | |
| 1966 | #944 | 116 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,575 | 50 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,151 | 31 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,131 | 31 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,732 | 43 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,627 | 48 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,449 | 22 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,727 | 18 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,968 | 30 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,076 | 26 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,931 | 28 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,245 | 20 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Caprice! It came in at #4,235, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2024, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Caprice is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#575 · 1 in 5,661
- Ohio#991 · 1 in 14,890
- California#1,031 · 1 in 11,423
- Illinois#1,147 · 1 in 14,919
- New York#1,535 · 1 in 22,168
Best ever in a state: #466 in Washington, 1966.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #575 | 5 | 1 in 5,661 |
| Ohio | #991 | 5 | 1 in 14,890 |
| California | #1,031 | 12 | 1 in 11,423 |
| Illinois | #1,147 | 5 | 1 in 14,919 |
| New York | #1,535 | 5 | 1 in 22,168 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Caprice
- 1,166 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #7,491)
- 3,422 spots since 2015 (#4,069 → #7,491)
- Biggest jump: 631 spots in 1966 (#1,575 → #944)
- Biggest drop: 295 spots in 1967 (#944 → #1,239)
- Debuted 1949
- Peaked 1966 at #944 (116 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1966
- Highest: 1 in 14,588 girls born in 1966 were named Caprice (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.0% of all girls named Caprice (676) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 7 | #4,235 (1949) | #4,235 |
| 1950s | 230 | #1,931 (1953) | #2,284 |
| 1960s | 621 | #944 (1966) | #1,597 |
| 1970s | 563 | #1,176 (1971) | #1,823 |
| 1980s | 537 | #1,600 (1988) | #2,142 |
| 1990s | 676 | #1,543 (1990) | #2,140 |
| 2000s | 467 | #2,631 (2006) | #3,364 |
| 2010s | 215 | #4,069 (2015) | #6,742 |
| 2020s | 67 | #6,325 (2020) | #8,156 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Caprice in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 21,426 of them was named Caprice, which outranked 85.6% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,380Regan72
- #1,380Serina72
- #1,380Tanesha72
- #1,394Caprice71
- #1,394Bambi71
- #1,394Cristie71
- #1,394Darby71
- #1,404Aundrea70
- #1,404Becki70
- #1,404Dodie70
Tied with 9 names at #1,394; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.