# Caprice (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/caprice/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,563 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 180 / 3,383 (95% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 487, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 26 | 5,270 |
| 2011 | 24 | 5,584 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5,587 |
| 2013 | 28 | 4,925 |
| 2014 | 22 | 5,832 |
| 2015 | 36 | 4,085 |
| 2016 | 17 | 6,966 |
| 2017 | 16 | 7,162 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6,857 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16,001 |
| 2020 | 18 | 6,379 |
| 2021 | 16 | 7,023 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,555 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9,753 |
| 2025 | 14 | 7,565 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 9 | 5,826 |
| 1994 | 7 | 7,064 |
| 1995 | 5 | 9,058 |
| 1996 | 6 | 8,095 |
| 1998 | 12 | 5,191 |
| 1999 | 7 | 7,979 |
| 2000 | 11 | 5,970 |
| 2001 | 5 | 10,819 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12,327 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11,131 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11,219 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,013 |
| 2015 | 6 | 10,900 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,597 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,669 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 22 | 1,121 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,781 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,410 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2,721 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3,031 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2,392 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |

## People named Caprice

- Caprice Bourret, American socialite (born 1971)
- Caprice Dydasco, American soccer player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.