Boys' name · since 1880
Casper
6,208 babies named Casper in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,551 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #924 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,208
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
6,208 babies have been named Casper since 1880, making it today's #924 boys' name.
Casper has 6,208 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #924 as of the latest data, more common than 93% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,551 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #924 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 6,208 born since 1880
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Casper ranks #1,551 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #924 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 6,208 born since 1880, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,551 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #924 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,208
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Casper's 6,208 recorded births place it above 96.58% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
30 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Casper compares
6,208 Top 11% higher than 89% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Casper's all-time total is 17x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Casper | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,208 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 274 | 34 | 22,252 |
Casper's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Casper's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1903, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 274, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Casper popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 274
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Casper popularity over time - girls
21 total births recorded since 2019 (Casper as girls' name)
Casper by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,262 births, 20% of the file).
2020s was Casper's strongest decade.
1,262 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Casper births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 193
1880s
193 births
- 1890s 180
1890s
180 births
- 1900s 144
1900s
144 births
- 1910s
1910s
716 births
- 1920s
1920s
762 births
- 1930s 420
1930s
420 births
- 1940s 281
1940s
281 births
- 1950s 253
1950s
253 births
- 1960s 156
1960s
156 births
- 1970s 115
1970s
115 births
- 1980s 145
1980s
145 births
- 1990s 218
1990s
218 births
- 2000s 425
2000s
425 births
- 2010s
2010s
938 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,262 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,262 births (20% of all-time use).
How Casper compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Casper's total volume
Casper by state
Where Casper concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 439 | 7.1% |
| #2 | California | | 365 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 214 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 156 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Texas | | 129 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 89 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 82 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 81 | 1.3% |
439 of 6,208 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Casper appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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- New York records the most Caspers (439 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Casper: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Casper draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.