Caprice

Caprice was the #7,491 girls' name in the US in 2025 (14 babies).

Caprice as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Caprice as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Caprice as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#7,491 (14)—————
2023#9,616 (10)—————
2022#10,383 (9)—————
2021#6,967 (16)#3,961 (5)————
2020#6,325 (18)#4,535 (4)————
2019#15,539 (5)#4,686 (4)————
2018#6,792 (17)#4,684 (4)———#3,286 (5)
2017#7,092 (16)—————
2016#6,901 (17)#2,966 (8)———#2,595 (7)
2015#4,069 (36)#4,103 (5)————
2014#5,797 (22)—————
2013#4,887 (28)#3,160 (7)———#3,286 (5)
2012#5,557 (24)#2,717 (9)———#2,921 (6)
2011#5,543 (24)#2,893 (8)————
2010#5,247 (26)#2,392 (10)———#2,878 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1966 at #944.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1949.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2022, 64% of US babies named Caprice were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 110,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CapriceCanadaGirls—too few
CapriceEngland & WalesGirls—too few
CapriceIrelandGirls—too few
CapriceNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CapriceScotlandGirls—too few
CapriceUSGirls#7,49114
CapriceUSBoys—too few