Caspar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAS-par
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #745 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Caspar is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “treasurer”. In 2025 it ranked 745th for boys in the UK (52 babies) and 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Caspar mean?
Persian: traditional name of one of the Magi, probably from Persian
“treasurer”
Caspar is the traditional name of one of the three Magi who brought gifts to the infant Jesus.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Caspar a girl's or a boy's name?
Caspar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 52 boys in the UK and 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caspar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #745among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 52about 1 in 5,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 52 boys in the UK were named Caspar, making it the 745th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 710th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 82 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Caspar than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Caspar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 375 boys in the UK were given Caspar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #174, up from #745 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 728th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Caspar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #745 |
| 2024 | 65 | #646 |
| 2023 | 68 | #606 |
| 2022 | 82 | #527 |
| 2021 | 79 | #548 |
| 2020 | 53 | #710 |
| 2019 | 77 | #556 |
| 2018 | 61 | #654 |
| 2017 | 57 | #687 |
| 2016 | 54 | #708 |
| 2015 | 49 | #732 |
| 2014 | 62 | #633 |
| 2013 | 56 | #664 |
| 2012 | 58 | #658 |
| 2011 | 64 | #597 |
| 2010 | 46 | #739 |
| 2009 | 61 | #597 |
| 2008 | 49 | #689 |
| 2007 | 56 | #606 |
| 2006 | 54 | #597 |
| 2005 | 57 | #531 |
| 2004 | 38 | #696 |
| 2003 | 33 | #720 |
| 2002 | 25 | #821 |
| 2001 | 28 | #707 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,057 |
| 1999 | 20 | #870 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 16 | #973 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,146 |
How popular is Caspar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Caspar, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had more boys named Caspar than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Caspar in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 283 boys in the US were given Caspar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #795, up from #4,856 for this spelling alone.
Caspar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
Nicknames for Caspar
Names like Caspar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Cooper River Jasper Carter Xander Cruz Ezra Oscar Rio Archer Finley
Other spellings of Caspar
More Persian names
Esther Jasmine Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman Armaan Jazmin
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Caspar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caspar, updated 20 October 2026.