Casper
- Pronunciation
- [Cas-per]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- "Friendly, Childlike, Helpful"
- Origin
- English
Casper Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 5,951 baby boys have been named Casper. The name peaked in 2024 with 273 US births that year (rank #879). In 2024, ranked #879 nationally.
Top States for Casper
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Casper births are: New York (396), California (304), Pennsylvania (197).
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6-Letter Names Starting with C
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Quick Facts About Casper
US Popularity History (2024–2025)
Annual US births named Casper by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2024 with 273 boys named Casper (boy rank #879 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #924 for boys (255 US births). That's 45 places below its 2024 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Casper Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Casper the strongest states are Oregon, Minnesota, Kentucky.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | #504 | 21 |
| 2 | Minnesota | #580 | 25 |
| 3 | Kentucky | #595 | 19 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | #671 | 40 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | #721 | 17 |
| 6 | Colorado | #748 | 18 |
| 7 | Tennessee | #761 | 24 |
| 8 | New York | #795 | 102 |
| 9 | Washington | #816 | 36 |
| 10 | Michigan | #822 | 42 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illinois | #897 | 27 |
| 2 | Ohio | #880 | 27 |
| 3 | California | #854 | 140 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | #853 | 35 |
| 5 | Michigan | #822 | 42 |
| 6 | Washington | #816 | 36 |
| 7 | New York | #795 | 102 |
| 8 | Tennessee | #761 | 24 |
| 9 | Colorado | #748 | 18 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | #721 | 17 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Casper in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kasper | A Treasured Secret. | Male | German |
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