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Casper

Pronounced /ˈkæspɚ/

Rank in 2024
#879
Born in 2024
273
Peak year
2024 · #879
Origin
Old Persian

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 273 boys were named Casper, about 1 in every 6,283.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 5,951 boys have been named Casper since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Casper per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 1,488 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Silent: 714 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 459 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 186 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 251 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 702 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,764 babies, 0.08 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Alternative spelling of Caspar. The slur denoting a white person is an allusion to Casper the Friendly Ghost. The skateboarding term is named after Bobby Boyden, a professional skateboarder who was given the nickname "Casper" as a child because of his pale skin (again in allusion to the friendly ghost).

  • A male given name from Old Persian, of occasional usage, variant of Caspar.
Origin
Old Persian
Say it
/ˈkæspɚ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Casper, CC BY-SA 4.0.