Boys' name · since 1912
Kasper
1,389 babies named Kasper in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,179 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,871 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,389
- born since 1912
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kasper currently ranks #1871 among boys' names in America, with 1,389 babies recorded since 1912.
Kasper has 1,389 recorded births among boys since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1871 as of the latest data, more common than 87% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2025.
- #4,179 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,871 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,389 born since 1912
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kasper ranks #4,179 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,871 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,389 born since 1912, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,179 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,871 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,389
- born since 1912
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kasper's 1,389 recorded births place it above 90.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kasper compares
1,389 Top 27% higher than 73% 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
Kasper's all-time total is 4x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kasper | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,389 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 95 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kasper's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kasper's full recorded timeline at 2001, 86% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 14% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1912, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 95 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kasper popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 95
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Kasper popularity over time - girls
20 total births recorded since 2021 (Kasper as girls' name)
Kasper by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (496 births, 36% of the file).
2020s was Kasper's strongest decade.
496 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Kasper births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 48
1910s
48 births
- 1920s 24
1920s
24 births
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 72
1990s
72 births
- 2000s
2000s
279 births
- 2010s
2010s
443 births
- 2020s
2020s
496 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 496 births (36% of all-time use).
How Kasper 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 Kasper's total volume
Kasper by state
Where Kasper concentrates geographically, total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 131 | 9.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 69 | 5.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 32 | 2.3% |
| #4 | Texas | | 29 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Florida | | 7 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 7 | 0.5% |
131 of 1,389 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Kasper appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Kaspers (131 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Kasper: 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 (~113 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, 1912–2025 (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 Kasper 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.