Casper

What Casper means

Variant of Caspar, meaning “a given name”

variant of Caspar || Compare Hatran Aramaic 𐣢𐣦𐣡𐣣𐣩 (gzbry /⁠Gazzabray⁠/, “a given name”), also from Iranian.

Source: Wiktionary, “Casper” (revision 93487023) and “Caspar” (revision 92481674), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Casper?

US: Rising: up from #1753 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #281 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1889, when 28 boys got the name (#332 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 6,698 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 895 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,182 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in OR (0.53 per 1,000 boys), MO (0.29 per 1,000 boys), AZ (0.28 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Casper is #924 in the US and #167 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Casper were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kasper84 US · 83 E&W
• Caspar20 US · 48 E&W
• Gaspar40 US
• Kaspar8 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Casper

Boys

• Cyrus#268Editor’s note Up from #469 in 2015 to #268 in 2025 in the US
• Jasper#129Editor’s note Up from #214 in 2015 to #129 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 610 US boys in the 2025 records
• Ahmad#669“praiseworthy”^*
• Darius#788Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1994, with 2,184 babies; 322 in 2025
• Bowen#266“son of Owen”^*
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*

For a sister

• Esther#119“star”^*
• Samira#723Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1961, with 5 babies
• Soraya#862Editor’s note Up from #1,227 in 2015 to #862 in 2025 in the US
• Kira#385Editor’s note Down from #361 in 2015 to #385 in 2025 in the US
• Jazmin#710Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2006, with 2,240 babies; 395 in 2025
• Jazmine#992Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #446 in 2015, #992 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Persian where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Casper’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.