Jasper
Boy · JAS-per · Persian
Jasper is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “treasurer”. In 2025 it ranked 67th for boys in the UK (834 babies) and 129th for boys in the US (2,804 babies).
What does Jasper mean?
Persian: English form of Caspar, a name given to one of the Magi
“treasurer”
Tradition names Jasper, or Caspar, as one of the three wise men who brought gifts to the infant Jesus.
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- JAS-per
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Is Jasper a girl's or a boy's name?
Jasper is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 834 boys in the UK and 41 girls and 2,804 boys in the US.
How popular is Jasper in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #67among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 834about 1 in 360 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.8%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 834 boys in the UK were named Jasper, making it the 67th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 84th.
2025 had the most boys named Jasper of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Jasper in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 63rd in England and Wales, 178th in Scotland and 212th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2024 (#71).
Jasper in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 834 | #67 |
| 2024 | 778 | #77 |
| 2023 | 716 | #80 |
| 2022 | 756 | #84 |
| 2021 | 788 | #82 |
| 2020 | 752 | #84 |
| 2019 | 759 | #94 |
| 2018 | 737 | #98 |
| 2017 | 666 | #111 |
| 2016 | 707 | #106 |
| 2015 | 630 | #114 |
| 2014 | 595 | #116 |
| 2013 | 555 | #127 |
| 2012 | 493 | #138 |
| 2011 | 463 | #151 |
| 2010 | 405 | #161 |
| 2009 | 295 | #200 |
| 2008 | 243 | #214 |
| 2007 | 269 | #199 |
| 2006 | 219 | #214 |
| 2005 | 216 | #208 |
| 2004 | 181 | #224 |
| 2003 | 167 | #227 |
| 2002 | 146 | #238 |
| 2001 | 139 | #240 |
| 2000 | 130 | #250 |
| 1999 | 118 | #278 |
| 1998 | 107 | #281 |
| 1997 | 98 | #311 |
| 1996 | 94 | #299 |
How popular is Jasper in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #129among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,804about 1 in 610 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.3%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,804 boys in the US were named Jasper, making it the 129th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 138th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 2,944 boys. 41 girls were also named Jasper in 2025 (3,644th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Jasper in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jasper in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,804 | #129 |
| 2024 | 2,761 | #133 |
| 2023 | 2,944 | #122 |
| 2022 | 2,919 | #129 |
| 2021 | 2,876 | #128 |
| 2020 | 2,640 | #138 |
| 2019 | 2,793 | #136 |
| 2018 | 2,506 | #155 |
| 2017 | 2,117 | #183 |
| 2016 | 1,915 | #209 |
| 2015 | 1,866 | #214 |
| 2014 | 1,755 | #218 |
| 2013 | 1,467 | #247 |
| 2012 | 1,358 | #263 |
| 2011 | 1,253 | #281 |
| 2010 | 1,184 | #285 |
| 2009 | 945 | #337 |
| 2008 | 627 | #449 |
| 2007 | 585 | #465 |
| 2006 | 442 | #569 |
| 2005 | 452 | #537 |
| 2004 | 392 | #575 |
| 2003 | 470 | #513 |
| 2002 | 479 | #483 |
| 2001 | 390 | #549 |
| 2000 | 334 | #592 |
| 1999 | 281 | #633 |
| 1998 | 300 | #611 |
| 1997 | 274 | #628 |
| 1996 | 252 | #659 |
| 1995 | 238 | #684 |
| 1994 | 207 | #727 |
| 1993 | 225 | #685 |
| 1992 | 243 | #663 |
| 1991 | 251 | #642 |
| 1990 | 269 | #612 |
| 1989 | 231 | #654 |
| 1988 | 248 | #591 |
| 1987 | 204 | #641 |
| 1986 | 171 | #694 |
| 1985 | 177 | #661 |
| 1984 | 144 | #725 |
| 1983 | 174 | #649 |
| 1982 | 154 | #700 |
| 1981 | 194 | #611 |
| 1980 | 163 | #680 |
| 1979 | 152 | #693 |
| 1978 | 144 | #697 |
| 1977 | 133 | #741 |
| 1976 | 118 | #763 |
| 1975 | 119 | #760 |
| 1974 | 101 | #796 |
| 1973 | 102 | #786 |
| 1972 | 105 | #778 |
| 1971 | 108 | #782 |
| 1970 | 99 | #812 |
| 1969 | 117 | #720 |
| 1968 | 94 | #765 |
| 1967 | 124 | #670 |
| 1966 | 107 | #718 |
| 1965 | 120 | #679 |
| 1964 | 140 | #655 |
| 1963 | 142 | #655 |
| 1962 | 160 | #610 |
| 1961 | 153 | #634 |
| 1960 | 179 | #580 |
| 1959 | 174 | #591 |
| 1958 | 186 | #565 |
| 1957 | 169 | #589 |
| 1956 | 181 | #563 |
| 1955 | 187 | #541 |
| 1954 | 209 | #500 |
| 1953 | 187 | #515 |
| 1952 | 206 | #490 |
| 1951 | 211 | #467 |
| 1950 | 208 | #458 |
| 1949 | 194 | #471 |
| 1948 | 225 | #442 |
| 1947 | 203 | #471 |
| 1946 | 201 | #448 |
| 1945 | 191 | #431 |
| 1944 | 184 | #448 |
| 1943 | 252 | #386 |
| 1942 | 241 | #390 |
| 1941 | 208 | #402 |
| 1940 | 221 | #383 |
| 1939 | 221 | #382 |
| 1938 | 201 | #400 |
| 1937 | 219 | #370 |
| 1936 | 236 | #352 |
| 1935 | 212 | #371 |
| 1934 | 246 | #351 |
| 1933 | 231 | #356 |
| 1932 | 263 | #340 |
| 1931 | 252 | #345 |
| 1930 | 285 | #328 |
| 1929 | 306 | #315 |
| 1928 | 336 | #302 |
| 1927 | 346 | #309 |
| 1926 | 389 | #290 |
| 1925 | 387 | #292 |
| 1924 | 396 | #291 |
| 1923 | 403 | #282 |
| 1922 | 423 | #275 |
| 1921 | 390 | #284 |
| 1920 | 388 | #284 |
| 1919 | 423 | #260 |
| 1918 | 391 | #269 |
| 1917 | 377 | #262 |
| 1916 | 358 | #266 |
| 1915 | 332 | #265 |
| 1914 | 306 | #246 |
| 1913 | 248 | #237 |
| 1912 | 178 | #262 |
| 1911 | 114 | #237 |
| 1910 | 82 | #270 |
| 1909 | 83 | #240 |
| 1908 | 78 | #238 |
| 1907 | 87 | #219 |
| 1906 | 56 | #263 |
| 1905 | 80 | #213 |
| 1904 | 52 | #264 |
| 1903 | 57 | #244 |
| 1902 | 67 | #219 |
| 1901 | 58 | #229 |
| 1900 | 97 | #197 |
| 1899 | 65 | #202 |
| 1898 | 60 | #227 |
| 1897 | 83 | #184 |
| 1896 | 90 | #178 |
| 1895 | 71 | #203 |
| 1894 | 61 | #216 |
| 1893 | 72 | #199 |
| 1892 | 70 | #208 |
| 1891 | 58 | #206 |
| 1890 | 95 | #149 |
| 1889 | 76 | #176 |
| 1888 | 78 | #190 |
| 1887 | 65 | #190 |
| 1886 | 88 | #157 |
| 1885 | 87 | #154 |
| 1884 | 83 | #167 |
| 1883 | 74 | #165 |
| 1882 | 88 | #157 |
| 1881 | 83 | #150 |
| 1880 | 98 | #139 |
Nicknames for Jasper
- Jas
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