Kasper

Kasper was the #1,867 boys' name in the US in 2025 (84 babies), and #469 in England & Wales and #1,083 in Canada.

Kasper as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kasper as a boy’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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaUS
Kasper as a boy’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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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#1,867 (84)#469 (83)#560 (5)—#676 (4)#1,083 (23)
2024#1,735 (95)#529 (73)#535 (5)—#655 (4)#842 (30)
2023#1,787 (90)#561 (67)#366 (9)#312 (5)—#1,192 (18)
2022#1,861 (85)#365 (116)#363 (9)——#876 (28)
2021#1,964 (76)#326 (140)#401 (8)—#755 (3)#833 (30)
2020#2,113 (66)#406 (100)#426 (7)——#1,129 (19)
2019#1,974 (74)#463 (87)——#646 (4)#995 (22)
2018#2,355 (56)#440 (94)#516 (5)——#1,133 (18)
2017#2,597 (48)#439 (96)#442 (7)—#547 (5)#1,852 (9)
2016#2,518 (50)#435 (96)#592 (4)#421 (3)#713 (3)#1,423 (13)
2015#2,412 (53)#557 (68)——#699 (3)#1,816 (9)
2014#2,985 (38)#527 (72)———#1,152 (17)
2013#3,122 (35)#560 (64)#466 (6)—#605 (4)#1,380 (13)
2012#3,450 (31)#592 (59)#467 (6)—#500 (6)#1,466 (12)
2011#3,364 (32)#701 (45)#648 (3)——#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,735.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 baby boys 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kasper is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 21,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kasper by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,508CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Kasper (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1239

Kasper (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KasperCanadaBoys#1,08323
KasperEngland & WalesBoys#46983
KasperIrelandBoys#6764
KasperNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KasperScotlandBoys#5605
KasperUSGirls—too few
KasperUSBoys#1,86784