# Jesper (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jesper/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 245 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 245 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 109, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 10,127 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10,204 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,150 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,360 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6,863 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,352 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10,181 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,193 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,231 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9,086 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6,877 |
| 2022 | 21 | 4,775 |
| 2023 | 26 | 4,163 |
| 2024 | 19 | 5,150 |
| 2025 | 25 | 4,187 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 8 | 2,211 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Jesper

- Jesper Grønkjær, Danish footballer
- Jesper Lindstrøm, Danish footballer (born 2000)
- Jesper Olsen, Danish footballer
- Jesper Kyd, Danish composer and sound designer
- Jesper Christiansen, Danish footballer
- Jesper Christensen, Danish actor (born 1948)
- Jesper Nøddesbo, Danish handball player
- Jesper Hansen, Danish association football player (1985-)
- Jesper Skibby, Danish cyclist, born 1964
- Jesper Hansen, Danish cyclist, born 1990
- Jesper Hansen, Danish sport shooter
- Jesper Worre, Danish racing cyclist, born 1959

## 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.