Casper

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A few things about Casper you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Casper

Casper Ruud

Norwegian tennis player

Choose Casper and your child shares a first name with Casper Ruud, a Norwegian tennis player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Casper, like who?” Casper Ruud's Wikipedia article is available in 37 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Stein Langørgen, CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 6,698 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Casper, 255 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Casper would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryCasper has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Caspers, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 1889, when it reached #332.
• 📈Then vs nowCasper is 7.3× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 49,020 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 6,698.
• 🚀TrendCasper has climbed 301 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #924. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedCasper is most popular in Oregon, where it ranks #438, followed by Missouri (#648) and Indiana (#668). It's in the top 1,000 in 17 states.

About the name Casper

Casper is a boy name. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, starting with C and ending in “-per”. US birth records list Casper for boys from 1880 to 2025, in 146 of those 146 years. Its best year was 1889, when it ranked #332 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #924, with 255 babies.