Casper

Where Casper comes from

Alternative spelling of Caspar. The slur denoting a white person is an allusion to Casper the Friendly Ghost. The skateboarding term is named after Bobby Boyden, a professional skateboarder who was given the nickname "Casper" as a child because of his pale skin (again in allusion to the friendly ghost).
— Wiktionary's entry for Casper
  • Old Persian
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #465 among boys — 15 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1889
    Peak, #332
    28 babies named Casper — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1890
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #511.
  4. 1989
    Casper Ulrich Mortensen born
    Danish handball player
  5. 1998
    Casper Ruud born
    Norwegian tennis player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Old Persian, of occasional usage, variant of Caspar.
Namesakes
  • Casper Ruud · Norwegian tennis player, born 1998
  • Casper Ulrich Mortensen · Danish handball player, born 1989
  • Casper Nielsen · Danish footballer, born 1994
  • Casper von Folsach · Danish racing cyclist, born 1993, born 1993
  • Casper Tengstedt · Danish footballer, born 2000

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.