Gasper
Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
- Peak · boys
- 1917 · 48 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,469since 1907
Gasper over time
Rank among boys' names. Gasper has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #1,523 | 28 |
| 1959 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #1,746 | 18 |
| 1949 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #1,758 | 18 |
| 1947 | #1,555 | 23 |
| 1946 | #1,557 | 21 |
| 1945 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #1,636 | 19 |
| 1942 | #1,381 | 25 |
| 1941 | #1,588 | 19 |
| 1940 | #1,573 | 19 |
| 1939 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | #1,364 | 24 |
| 1937 | #1,828 | 15 |
| 1936 | #1,417 | 22 |
| 1935 | #1,295 | 27 |
| 1934 | #1,425 | 23 |
| 1933 | #1,361 | 24 |
| 1932 | #1,175 | 33 |
| 1931 | #1,217 | 32 |
| 1930 | #1,093 | 40 |
| 1929 | #1,154 | 36 |
| 1928 | #1,293 | 31 |
| 1927 | #1,145 | 39 |
| 1926 | #1,034 | 45 |
| 1925 | #1,184 | 36 |
| 1924 | #1,093 | 43 |
| 1923 | #1,008 | 48 |
| 1922 | #1,196 | 36 |
| 1921 | #1,045 | 45 |
| 1920 | #1,073 | 43 |
| 1919 | #1,139 | 37 |
| 1918 | #1,313 | 29 |
| 1917 | #919 | 48 |
| 1916 | #1,072 | 36 |
| 1915 | #1,265 | 27 |
| 1914 | #1,127 | 26 |
| 1913 | #1,146 | 20 |
| 1912 | #1,527 | 11 |
| 1911 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Gasper! It came in at #1,200, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1908–1910, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Gasper is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#357 · 1 in 6,413
Best ever in a state: #204 in New Jersey, 1921.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #357 | 14 | 1 in 6,413 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Texas | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Gasper
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 153 spots in 1917 (#1,072 → #919)
- Biggest drop: 602 spots in 1912 (#925 → #1,527)
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 1917 at #919 (48 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1911–1917
- Highest: 1 in 17,382 boys born in 1911 were named Gasper (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,001 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #919 in 1917, was only 1 in 19,281 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 27.4% of all boys named Gasper (402) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 11 | #1,200 (1907) | #1,320 |
| 1910s | 247 | #919 (1917) | #1,159 |
| 1920s | 402 | #1,008 (1923) | #1,123 |
| 1930s | 256 | #1,093 (1930) | #1,389 |
| 1940s | 185 | #1,381 (1942) | #1,694 |
| 1950s | 116 | #1,746 (1950) | #2,472 |
| 1960s | 101 | #1,523 (1960) | #2,698 |
| 1970s | 53 | #3,071 (1970) | #4,116 |
| 1980s | 30 | #4,134 (1980) | #4,852 |
| 1990s | 34 | #5,771 (1993) | #7,266 |
| 2000s | 23 | #8,732 (2006) | #10,076 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,231 (2010) | #12,231 |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,863 (2022) | #10,863 |
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.
Gasper in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 34,948 of them was named Gasper, which outranked 72.7% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,286Othel30
- #1,286Quintin30
- #1,286Sulo30
- #1,313Gasper29
- #1,313Alcide29
- #1,313Algie29
- #1,313Alvan29
- #1,343Antoine28
- #1,343Bedford28
- #1,343Bertie28
Tied with 29 names at #1,313; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.