# Caspian (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/caspian/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkæspi.ən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,175 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,170 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 945, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Caspius + -an.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 15,655 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 2,956 |
| 2012 | 55 | 2,332 |
| 2013 | 84 | 1,739 |
| 2014 | 88 | 1,715 |
| 2015 | 105 | 1,547 |
| 2016 | 158 | 1,199 |
| 2017 | 254 | 861 |
| 2018 | 284 | 796 |
| 2019 | 292 | 792 |
| 2020 | 316 | 760 |
| 2021 | 372 | 707 |
| 2022 | 362 | 723 |
| 2023 | 409 | 664 |
| 2024 | 494 | 577 |
| 2025 | 614 | 491 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 1,303 |
| 2012 | 26 | 1,051 |
| 2013 | 30 | 954 |
| 2014 | 36 | 837 |
| 2015 | 38 | 821 |
| 2016 | 53 | 659 |
| 2017 | 53 | 661 |
| 2018 | 72 | 535 |
| 2019 | 41 | 768 |
| 2020 | 66 | 559 |
| 2021 | 67 | 569 |
| 2022 | 80 | 489 |
| 2023 | 72 | 536 |
| 2024 | 75 | 519 |
| 2025 | 101 | 401 |

## In other languages

- Esperanto: Kaspiano

## 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.