Boys' name · since 1911
Gaspar
2,211 babies named Gaspar in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,087 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,045 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,211
- born since 1911
- 2000s
- peak decade
2,211 babies have been named Gaspar since 1911, making it today's #3045 boys' name.
Gaspar has 2,211 recorded births among boys since 1911, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3045 as of the latest data, more common than 78% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1911 to 2025.
- #3,087 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,045 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,211 born since 1911
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gaspar ranks #3,087 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,045 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,211 born since 1911, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,087 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,045 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,211
- born since 1911
- 2000s
- peak decade
Gaspar's 2,211 recorded births place it above 93.21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Gaspar compares
2,211 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Gaspar's all-time total is 6x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gaspar | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,211 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 34 | 22,252 |
Gaspar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gaspar's full recorded timeline at 1969, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1911, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 50 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gaspar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 115 years of records
Gaspar by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (342 births, 15% of the file).
2000s was Gaspar's strongest decade.
342 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 15% of all-time use.
Gaspar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 82
1910s
82 births
- 1920s
1920s
169 births
- 1930s 96
1930s
96 births
- 1940s 100
1940s
100 births
- 1950s 107
1950s
107 births
- 1960s 132
1960s
132 births
- 1970s
1970s
160 births
- 1980s
1980s
169 births
- 1990s
1990s
302 births
- 2000s
2000s
342 births
- 2010s
2010s
294 births
- 2020s
2020s
258 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 342 births (15% of all-time use).
How Gaspar 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 Gaspar's total volume
Gaspar by state
Where Gaspar concentrates geographically, total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 286 | 12.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 232 | 10.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 151 | 6.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 58 | 2.6% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 29 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.2% |
286 of 2,211 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- Gaspar's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (342 total births) through the 2020s (258) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Gaspars (286 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Gaspar: 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 (~114 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, 1911–2025 (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 Gaspar 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.