Jesper — #5106 US boys' name
220 babies named Jesper in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to boys today.
39% of everyone ever named Jesper was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Jesper in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jesper
The Social Security Administration has registered 220 babies named Jesper between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jesper currently holds the #5106 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jesper performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jesper shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jesper in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jesper 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 220 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.
Jesper at a glance
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Current rank
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Jesper popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2023)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #5106 among boys.
220 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 26 births in a single year.
Jesper by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 86 births that decade — 39% of Jesper's all-time total
Jesper decade highlights
- Peak decade 86 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Jesper's strongest decade
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Jesper by state
Where Jesper concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 220 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.