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Jasper

Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒæspɚ/

Rank in 2024
#133
Born in 2024
2,750
Peak year
2023 · #122
Origin
Old Persian

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 2,750 boys were named Jasper, about 1 in every 624.
  • It peaked in 2023 with 2,942 babies, ranked #122.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 59,598 boys have been named Jasper since 1880.

Who else has this name

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

  1. 0.4
    Greatest
  2. 0.2
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.3
    Gen Z
  7. 1.3
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 6,549 babies, 0.39 per 1,000. Silent: 4,304 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,515 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,907 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,382 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Z: 9,764 babies, 0.31 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 28,535 babies, 1.31 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

A name given to one of the Magi in a medieval European cult, from Biblical Hebrew גִּזְבָּר (gizbar), ultimately from Old Median *ganǰabarah; see it for more.

  • A male given name from Old Persian.
Origin
Old Persian
Say it
/ˈd͡ʒæspɚ/

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