Jesper
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YES-per
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,138 for boys
Jesper is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “treasurer”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Jesper mean?
Persian: Danish and Dutch form of Jasper
“treasurer”
Danish and Dutch form of Jasper, the name tradition gives to one of the three Magi.
Is Jesper a girl's or a boy's name?
Jesper is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jesper in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Jesper, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 8 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Jesper than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Jesper in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Jesper in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
How popular is Jesper in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,138among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 204% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Jesper, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Jesper in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jesper in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
Names like Jesper
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Jasper Xander Cooper Archer Casper Ezra Rio Arlo Jago River Carter
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, “Jesper: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jesper, updated 20 October 2026.