Boys' name · since 1953
Caster
114 babies named Caster in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,525 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 114
- born since 1953
- 1950s
- peak decade
Caster is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 114 have been recorded since 1953.
Caster has 114 recorded births among boys since 1953, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 2021.
- #16,525 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 114 born since 1953
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caster ranks #16,525 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 114 born since 1953, peaking in the 1950s.
- #16,525 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 114
- born since 1953
- 1950s
- peak decade
Caster's 114 recorded births place it above 63.54% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Caster's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Caster splits its recorded history at 2014: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1956 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1953 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Caster popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–2021
- Peak year (1953)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Caster by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (53 births, 46% of the file).
1950s was Caster's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Caster births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
53 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
36 births
- 2020s 14
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 53 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Caster's decade-level peak was the 1950s (53 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Caster: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~68 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, 1953–2021 (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 Caster 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.