Caspian

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #491 for boys in 2025, 614 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 614 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,170
since 1998

Caspian over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Caspian has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#491614
2024—#576494
2023#15,1945#664409
2022—#723362
2021—#706372
2020—#760316
2019—#790292
2018—#796284
2017—#860254
2016—#1,199158
2015—#1,546105
2014—#1,71488
2013—#1,73384
2012—#2,32655
2011—#2,95039
2010—#3,12836
2009—#3,10537
2008—#3,34433
2007—#5,43416
2006—#5,07217
2005—#5,57814
2004—#5,24615
2003—#5,27114
2002—#5,39513
2001—#3,72122
2000—#7,4168
1999—#6,04210
1998—#6,3149
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First appearance
1998

The first year at least five boys were named Caspian! It came in at #6,314, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1998–2000, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.

Where Caspian is popular in 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedNHWashington: #657 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,951 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #772 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,415 boysMNIllinois: #1,180 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 10,322 boysILWisconsin: #565 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,249 boysWIMichigan: #702 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,642 boysMINew York: #1,304 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 12,194 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedRIOregon: #427 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,931 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedSDIowa: #559 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,972 boysIAIndiana: #579 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,445 boysINOhio: #840 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,484 boysOHPennsylvania: #1,211 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,642 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #960 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 9,379 boysCAUtah: #551 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,903 boysUTColorado: #526 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,939 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedNEMissouri: #840 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,121 boysMOKentucky: #633 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,327 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedWVVirginia: #866 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,792 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedDEArizona: #713 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,947 boysAZNew Mexico: #390 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,620 boysNMKansas: #551 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,009 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #787 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,703 boysNCSouth Carolina: #671 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,200 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #795 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,771 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedMSAlabama: #728 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,574 boysALGeorgia: #799 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,369 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Caspian, so not publishedHITexas: #1,092 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 10,363 boysTXFlorida: #1,032 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 8,788 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Mexico#390 · 1 in 1,620
  2. Oregon#427 · 1 in 1,931
  3. Colorado#526 · 1 in 2,939
  4. Utah#551 · 1 in 2,903
  5. Kansas#551 · 1 in 3,009

Best ever in a state: #126 in Maine, 2025.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#39051 in 1,620
Oregon#42791 in 1,931
Colorado#52691 in 2,939
Kansas#55151 in 3,009
Utah#55171 in 2,903
Iowa#55951 in 2,972
Wisconsin#56581 in 3,249
Indiana#579101 in 3,445
Kentucky#63351 in 4,327
Washington#65791 in 3,951
South Carolina#67151 in 4,200
Michigan#702101 in 4,642
Arizona#71371 in 4,947
Alabama#72851 in 4,574
Minnesota#77251 in 5,415
North Carolina#78791 in 5,703
Louisiana#79551 in 4,771
Georgia#799101 in 5,369
Missouri#84051 in 6,121
Ohio#84091 in 6,484
Virginia#86661 in 6,792
California#960231 in 9,379
Florida#1,032111 in 8,788
Texas#1,092171 in 10,363
Illinois#1,18061 in 10,322
Pennsylvania#1,21151 in 11,642
New York#1,30481 in 12,194
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See more about Caspian
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 85 spots since 2024 (#576 → #491)
  • 269 spots since 2020 (#760 → #491)
  • 1,055 spots since 2015 (#1,546 → #491)
  • Biggest jump: 339 spots in 2017 (#1,199 → #860)
  • Biggest drop: 17 spots in 2022 (#706 → #723)
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1998
  • Peaked 2025 at #491 (614 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2017–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,782
  • Highest: 1 in 2,782 boys born in 2025 were named Caspian (0.04%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 61.6% of all boys named Caspian (2,567) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s19#6,042 (1999)#6,178
2000s189#3,105 (2009)#4,958
2010s1,395#790 (2019)#1,704
2020s2,567#491 (2025)#653

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Caspian in 2017

boys
#860
254 births · 1 in 7,287 boys

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #860Caspian254
More about 2017

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 7,287 of them was named Caspian, which outranked 94.0% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Caspian
  1. #854Eliseo255
  2. #854Jerome255
  3. #854Kendall255
  4. #860Caspian254
  5. #860Adrien254
  6. #862Junior253
  7. #862Khalid253
  8. #864Alfred252

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2017 →