# Jasper (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jasper/  
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 | /ˈd͡ʒæspɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Jas, Jazz, Jaz |
| Variant spellings | Caspar, Gaspar, Casper, Kaspar, Kasper, Kosper, Cosper, Gosper |
| US babies named this | 63,674 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 62,428 / 1,246 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 12,590, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A name given to one of the Magi in a medieval European cult, from Biblical Hebrew גִּזְבָּר (gizbar), ultimately from Old Median *ganǰabarah; see it for more.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 4,980 |
| 2012 | 25 | 5,463 |
| 2013 | 42 | 3,668 |
| 2014 | 37 | 4,050 |
| 2015 | 42 | 3,675 |
| 2016 | 41 | 3,738 |
| 2017 | 44 | 3,509 |
| 2018 | 51 | 3,180 |
| 2019 | 51 | 3,145 |
| 2020 | 65 | 2,609 |
| 2021 | 84 | 2,221 |
| 2022 | 78 | 2,372 |
| 2023 | 70 | 2,532 |
| 2024 | 50 | 3,197 |
| 2025 | 41 | 3,672 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,253 | 281 |
| 2012 | 1,358 | 263 |
| 2013 | 1,467 | 247 |
| 2014 | 1,755 | 218 |
| 2015 | 1,866 | 214 |
| 2016 | 1,915 | 209 |
| 2017 | 2,117 | 183 |
| 2018 | 2,506 | 155 |
| 2019 | 2,793 | 136 |
| 2020 | 2,640 | 138 |
| 2021 | 2,876 | 128 |
| 2022 | 2,919 | 129 |
| 2023 | 2,944 | 122 |
| 2024 | 2,761 | 133 |
| 2025 | 2,804 | 129 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 453 | 138 |
| 2012 | 482 | 129 |
| 2013 | 534 | 111 |
| 2014 | 570 | 107 |
| 2015 | 608 | 104 |
| 2016 | 683 | 98 |
| 2017 | 642 | 102 |
| 2018 | 708 | 89 |
| 2019 | 720 | 84 |
| 2020 | 727 | 78 |
| 2021 | 742 | 79 |
| 2022 | 725 | 78 |
| 2023 | 690 | 75 |
| 2024 | 739 | 71 |
| 2025 | 802 | 63 |

## People named Jasper

- Jasper Cillessen, Dutch association football player (born 1989)
- Jasper Johns, American painter and sculptor (1930)
- Jasper Stuyven, Belgian cyclist
- Jasper Philipsen, Belgian cyclist
- Jasper Tudor, English duke
- Jasper Pääkkönen, Finnish actor and entrepreneur
- Jasper Fforde, English novelist (born 1961)
- Jasper Francis Cropsey, American painter (1823–1900)
- Jasper Morrison, British designer (born 1959)
- Jasper Maskelyne, British stage magician (1902–1973)
- Jasper Schendelaar, Dutch association football player (2000-)
- Jasper Lefevere, Belgian judoka

## 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.