Casper
Casper was given to 255 boys in 2025, #924 among boys’ names; 6,229 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,540 Americans named Casper and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (57% of everyone recorded); the median is 11 years old and half are between 4 and 28.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Casper by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Casper mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Casper is “a male given name from Old Persian, of occasional usage, variant of Caspar.”
Alternative spelling of Caspar. The slur denoting a white person is an allusion to Casper the Friendly Ghost.
/ˈkæspɚ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Casper?
#924 among boys’ names, 2025
Casper rose from #1,755 in 2015 to #924 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.05 to 0.15 per 1,000.
274 babies in 2024, the peak
Casper peaked in 2024, when 274 boys were given it, #881 among boys’ names. The 255 births of 2025 are 93% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 255 | #924 | 0.15 |
| 2024 | 274 | #881 | 0.16 |
| 2023 | 218 | #1,009 | 0.13 |
| 2022 | 181 | #1,146 | 0.10 |
| 2021 | 181 | #1,125 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 153 | #1,226 | 0.09 |
| 2019 | 159 | #1,204 | 0.09 |
| 2018 | 129 | #1,364 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 123 | #1,414 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 83 | #1,816 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 87 | #1,755 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 86 | #1,753 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 92 | #1,647 | 0.05 |
| 2012 | 71 | #1,984 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 56 | #2,287 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 52 | #2,408 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 38 | #3,057 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 49 | #2,549 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 51 | #2,477 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 46 | #2,585 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 43 | #2,569 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,895 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 49 | #2,206 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 41 | #2,428 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,809 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 40 | #2,383 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,947 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 37 | #2,352 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,457 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,755 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,880 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,146 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,040 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,918 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,226 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,964 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,830 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,372 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,085 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,285 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,845 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,839 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,262 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,999 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,796 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,117 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,389 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,809 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,655 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,059 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,921 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,564 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,752 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,188 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,997 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,562 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,567 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,595 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,281 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,650 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,924 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,659 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,970 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,079 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 24 | #1,644 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 27 | #1,556 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 26 | #1,562 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 23 | #1,645 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 23 | #1,676 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 29 | #1,451 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,057 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,271 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,718 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,324 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,381 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 21 | #1,620 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,511 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 36 | #1,198 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,487 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,516 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,301 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,531 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 34 | #1,173 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,299 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 35 | #1,113 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,230 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 40 | #1,007 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 35 | #1,096 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 39 | #1,021 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 36 | #1,072 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 39 | #1,022 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 30 | #1,218 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 42 | #982 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 52 | #891 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 49 | #923 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 58 | #865 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 66 | #794 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 54 | #916 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 76 | #747 | 0.07 |
| 1926 | 54 | #916 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 80 | #724 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 88 | #696 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 93 | #666 | 0.08 |
| 1922 | 86 | #705 | 0.08 |
| 1921 | 80 | #737 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 85 | #700 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 113 | #562 | 0.12 |
| 1918 | 86 | #668 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 107 | #571 | 0.12 |
| 1916 | 80 | #657 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 108 | #535 | 0.13 |
| 1914 | 72 | #592 | 0.11 |
| 1913 | 57 | #580 | 0.11 |
| 1912 | 55 | #540 | 0.13 |
| 1911 | 24 | #626 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 14 | #825 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 18 | #638 | 0.11 |
| 1908 | 15 | #691 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 21 | #514 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 12 | #718 | 0.09 |
| 1905 | 16 | #596 | 0.12 |
| 1904 | 14 | #618 | 0.11 |
| 1903 | 7 | #922 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 16 | #538 | 0.13 |
| 1901 | 11 | #643 | 0.10 |
| 1900 | 14 | #683 | 0.09 |
| 1899 | 16 | #485 | 0.15 |
| 1898 | 20 | #454 | 0.16 |
| 1897 | 17 | #480 | 0.15 |
| 1896 | 23 | #407 | 0.19 |
| 1895 | 14 | #560 | 0.12 |
| 1894 | 20 | #422 | 0.17 |
| 1893 | 16 | #463 | 0.14 |
| 1892 | 20 | #425 | 0.16 |
| 1891 | 20 | #390 | 0.20 |
| 1890 | 14 | #515 | 0.13 |
| 1889 | 28 | #332 | 0.25 |
| 1888 | 25 | #370 | 0.21 |
| 1887 | 11 | #552 | 0.11 |
| 1886 | 22 | #370 | 0.20 |
| 1885 | 22 | #381 | 0.20 |
| 1884 | 14 | #506 | 0.12 |
| 1883 | 16 | #450 | 0.15 |
| 1882 | 25 | #357 | 0.22 |
| 1881 | 15 | #445 | 0.15 |
| 1880 | 15 | #466 | 0.14 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Casper a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Casper has been given almost only to boys: 21 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Casper: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Casper, and how old are they?
3,540 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 57% of the 6,229 Americans ever recorded as Casper. The median Casper alive today is 11 years old; half are between 4 and 28.
The 2020 Census counted 2,650 people named Casper (88 women and girls, 2,562 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,486 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 114 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 299 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 164 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 239 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 691 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,030 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Casper born?
The states with the most babies named Casper are California, Texas and New York, with 36% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 30 | #811 | 0.7× |
| Texas | 22 | #1,041 | 0.3× |
| New York | 21 | #696 | 1.0× |
| Florida | 15 | #916 | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 10 | #815 | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | #862 | 0.7× |
| Indiana | 9 | #676 | 0.2× |
| Arizona | 9 | #679 | 0.3× |
| North Carolina | 8 | #954 | 0.2× |
| Oregon | 8 | #442 | 0.6× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Casper with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 8,208 babies since 1880, Casper is the most given (76% of them). In 2025 it was given to 255 of their 367 babies (69%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Casper
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Casper and names like it
- Compare Casper and KasperBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sCasper peaked in 2024.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Casper since 1910.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Casper.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Casper alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with CMost given first.