# Kasper (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kasper/  
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 | 1,409 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,389 / 20 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,479, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 | 10,685 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,491 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,281 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 3,400 |
| 2012 | 31 | 3,490 |
| 2013 | 35 | 3,158 |
| 2014 | 38 | 3,013 |
| 2015 | 53 | 2,422 |
| 2016 | 50 | 2,536 |
| 2017 | 48 | 2,617 |
| 2018 | 56 | 2,372 |
| 2019 | 74 | 1,988 |
| 2020 | 66 | 2,124 |
| 2021 | 76 | 1,973 |
| 2022 | 85 | 1,866 |
| 2023 | 90 | 1,793 |
| 2024 | 95 | 1,748 |
| 2025 | 84 | 1,880 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 701 |
| 2012 | 59 | 592 |
| 2013 | 64 | 560 |
| 2014 | 72 | 527 |
| 2015 | 68 | 557 |
| 2016 | 96 | 435 |
| 2017 | 96 | 439 |
| 2018 | 94 | 440 |
| 2019 | 87 | 463 |
| 2020 | 100 | 406 |
| 2021 | 140 | 326 |
| 2022 | 116 | 365 |
| 2023 | 67 | 561 |
| 2024 | 73 | 529 |
| 2025 | 83 | 469 |

## People named Kasper

- Kasper Schmeichel, Danish association football player
- Kasper Dolberg, Danish association football player (born 1997)
- Kasper Hjulmand, Danish association football manager
- Kasper Asgreen, Danish cyclist, born 1995
- Kasper Bøgelund, Danish footballer
- Kasper Høgh, Danish association football player
- Kasper Søndergaard, Danish handball player
- Kasper Hämäläinen, Finnish footballer
- Kasper Junker, Danish association football player
- Kasper Larsen, Danish association football player
- Kasper Hvidt, Danish handball player
- Kasper Winther Jørgensen, Danish rower

## 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.