Kaprice — #15621 US girls' name
383 babies named Kaprice in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Kaprice was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Kaprice in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaprice
The Social Security Administration has registered 383 babies named Kaprice between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaprice currently holds the #15621 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaprice performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kaprice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kaprice in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaprice 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 383 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.
Kaprice at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Kaprice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1966
- Peak year (1991)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
Currently ranks #15621 among girls.
383 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 21 births in a single year.
Kaprice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 125 births that decade — 33% of Kaprice's all-time total
Kaprice decade highlights
- Peak decade 125 births
- Runner-up 108 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kaprice's strongest decade
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Kaprice by state
Where Kaprice concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 6 | 1.6% |
6 of 383 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 1.6% 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, 1966–2024 (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.