Caprice
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Caprice is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “whim”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Caprice mean?
French: French word caprice, from Italian capriccio
“whim”
From the French word for a sudden whim or fancy, itself taken from Italian capriccio.
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Is Caprice a girl's or a boy's name?
Caprice is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caprice in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 100 girls.
Half of all the girls named Caprice in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Caprice in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 22 | #1,215 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,342 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,317 |
| 2002 | 26 | #962 |
| 2001 | 33 | #800 |
| 2000 | 22 | #1,043 |
| 1999 | 55 | #565 |
| 1998 | 96 | #378 |
| 1997 | 100 | #377 |
| 1996 | 15 | #1,309 |
How popular is Caprice in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Caprice, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1966, with 116 girls. It first appears in the records in 1949.
Half of all the girls named Caprice in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2015, 86% of the babies named Caprice in the US were girls.
Caprice in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 36 | #4,068 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 41 | #3,858 |
| 2007 | 45 | #3,600 |
| 2006 | 68 | #2,631 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,861 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 39 | #3,586 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,884 |
| 2001 | 39 | #3,413 |
| 2000 | 55 | #2,668 |
| 1999 | 59 | #2,435 |
| 1998 | 55 | #2,495 |
| 1997 | 48 | #2,619 |
| 1996 | 62 | #2,174 |
| 1995 | 51 | #2,481 |
| 1994 | 56 | #2,318 |
| 1993 | 89 | #1,675 |
| 1992 | 73 | #1,903 |
| 1991 | 84 | #1,721 |
| 1990 | 99 | #1,539 |
| 1989 | 80 | #1,697 |
| 1988 | 81 | #1,599 |
| 1987 | 75 | #1,629 |
| 1986 | 65 | #1,769 |
| 1985 | 49 | #2,136 |
| 1984 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1983 | 43 | #2,235 |
| 1982 | 41 | #2,369 |
| 1981 | 34 | #2,657 |
| 1980 | 33 | #2,749 |
| 1979 | 50 | #2,020 |
| 1978 | 46 | #2,050 |
| 1977 | 43 | #2,162 |
| 1976 | 37 | #2,255 |
| 1975 | 42 | #2,060 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,290 |
| 1973 | 70 | #1,399 |
| 1972 | 71 | #1,394 |
| 1971 | 97 | #1,176 |
| 1970 | 73 | #1,421 |
| 1969 | 114 | #1,019 |
| 1968 | 90 | #1,123 |
| 1967 | 74 | #1,239 |
| 1966 | 116 | #944 |
| 1965 | 50 | #1,575 |
| 1964 | 31 | #2,150 |
| 1963 | 31 | #2,130 |
| 1962 | 43 | #1,731 |
| 1961 | 48 | #1,626 |
| 1960 | 24 | #2,431 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 22 | #2,448 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,726 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,967 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,155 |
| 1954 | 26 | #2,075 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,930 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,933 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,252 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
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