Casper — #878 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Casper

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,951 babies named Casper between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Casper currently holds the #878 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 273 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Casper performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,005 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Casper shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 418 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Casper in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Casper 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 5,951 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.