Caspar — #5912 US boys' name
381 babies named Caspar in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 58% of names given to boys today.
37% of everyone ever named Caspar was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Caspar in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Caspar
The Social Security Administration has registered 381 babies named Caspar between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Caspar currently holds the #5912 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Caspar performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Caspar shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Caspar in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Caspar in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 381 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Caspar at a glance
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Current rank
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Caspar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (2018)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #5912 among boys.
381 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 25 births in a single year.
Caspar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 141 births that decade — 37% of Caspar's all-time total
Caspar decade highlights
- Peak decade 141 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Caspar's strongest decade
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Caspar by state
Where Caspar concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 28 | 7.3% |
28 of 381 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 7.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.