Caspian

What Caspian means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Caspian yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,546 in 2015, #491 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Caspian?

US: Rising: up from #1546 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #821 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 614 boys got the name (#491 that year). First in the US records in 1998.

How common

• About 1 in 2,782 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,692 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 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 ME (2.6 per 1,000 boys), HI (1.71 per 1,000 boys), OR (1.39 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Caspian is #491 in the US and #401 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 Caspian 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

• Kaspian49 US · 7 E&W
• Caspien5 US

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 Caspian

Boys

• Leonardo#91Italian, from Old French Leonard, meaning “as strong as a lion”^*
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Cyrus#268Editor’s note Up from #469 in 2015 to #268 in 2025 in the US
• Matteo#146Italian, from Latin Matthaeus, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Declan#139Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #139 vs #372 in 2025

For a sister

• Lilith#277Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #586 in 2015, #277 in 2025
• Emersyn#138Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #138 vs #3,705 in 2025
• Gia#287Editor’s note Up from #372 in 2015 to #287 in 2025 in the US
• Kaia#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #447 in 2015, #193 in 2025
• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*

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