Gasper — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gasper

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,469 babies named Gasper between 1907 and 2022, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gasper currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gasper performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 402 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Gasper shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 518 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Gasper in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gasper 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 1,469 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.