Kasper
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462
- #1,867 for boys in 2025, 84 births
- Given to boys 98.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 95 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,389since 1912
Kasper over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kasper has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,867 | 84 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,735 | 95 | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #1,787 | 90 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #1,861 | 85 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | #1,964 | 76 |
| 2020 | — | #2,113 | 66 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,974 | 74 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,355 | 56 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,597 | 48 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,518 | 50 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,412 | 53 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,985 | 38 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,122 | 35 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,450 | 31 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,364 | 32 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,894 | 26 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,919 | 26 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,344 | 33 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,591 | 29 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,979 | 37 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,022 | 34 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,456 | 27 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,838 | 22 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,044 | 20 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,721 | 22 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,993 | 29 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,762 | 14 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
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| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
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| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
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| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
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| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
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| 1939 | — | #2,829 | 7 | |
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| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
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| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,950 | 9 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
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| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,699 | 10 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,152 | 13 | |
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| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Kasper! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1915, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kasper is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Illinois#1,133 · 1 in 8,259
- Pennsylvania#1,231 · 1 in 10,452
- Ohio#1,267 · 1 in 10,507
- California#1,508 · 1 in 15,952
- New York#1,760 · 1 in 16,885
Best ever in a state: #617 in Utah, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 8,259 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 5 | 1 in 10,452 |
| Ohio | #1,267 | 5 | 1 in 10,507 |
| California | #1,508 | 11 | 1 in 15,952 |
| New York | #1,760 | 5 | 1 in 16,885 |
| Texas | #2,285 | 6 | 1 in 29,175 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 132 spots since 2024 (#1,735 → #1,867)
- 246 spots since 2020 (#2,113 → #1,867)
- 545 spots since 2015 (#2,412 → #1,867)
Rise & fade · boys
112 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 2024 at #1,735 (95 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,136
- Highest: 1 in 18,136 boys born in 2024 were named Kasper (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,334 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 35.7% of all boys named Kasper (496) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 48 | #2,152 (1916) | #2,524 |
| 1920s | 24 | #2,950 (1923) | #3,891 |
| 1930s | 12 | #2,829 (1939) | #3,415 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,714 (1951) | #3,714 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,039 (1964) | #4,039 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,951 (1987) | #6,951 |
| 1990s | 72 | #4,762 (1999) | #6,772 |
| 2000s | 279 | #2,979 (2006) | #3,491 |
| 2010s | 443 | #1,974 (2019) | #2,867 |
| 2020s | 496 | #1,735 (2024) | #1,888 |
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.
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