Casper

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Casper: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Casper: Recorded since 1973, its highest recorded position is #61, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
96times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#61highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#1761
1998	#1485
1999	#948
2000	#1425
2001	#1135
2002	#950
2003	#695
2004	#625
2005	#747
2006	#485
2007	#492
2008	#385
2009	#408
2010	#364
2011	#381
2012	#346
2013	#286
2014	#269
2015	#281
2016	#312
2017	#286
2018	#306
2019	#259
2020	#243
2021	#210
2022	#218
2023	#193
2024	#192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 46 of the 53 years from 1973 to 2025.

In 2025: #76 among boys in Norway, #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1973–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #579 among boys in Norway in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1973–2025
Highest recorded position: #61 among boys in Norway, in 2023 (recorded 1973–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #76 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Casper appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 46 years beginning in 1973, and has registered 2,776 births with the name.

Casper across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Casper's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#579 (1973)	#61 (2023)	#76 (2025)	46 of 53	2,776 (1973–2025)	136 (2008)
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#192 (2024)	#192 (2024)	29 of 29	3,230 (1996–2024)	259 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#518 (2005)	#412 (2016)	#509 (2025)	18 of 21	86 (2005–2025)	8 (2015)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#398 (2014)	#398 (2014)	#404 (2024)	2 of 11	6 (2014–2024)	3 (2014)

Casper by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Casper in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	17	4 of 10	4
1980s	47	6 of 10	8
1990s	183	10 of 10	18
2000s	969	10 of 10	97
2010sbusiest	1,022	10 of 10	102
2020s	538	6 of 10	90

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 102 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2007 and 2008, when recorded births rose by 33, from 103 to 136.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Casper appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1973 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #61 in Norway in 2023.

Casper's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#192	259	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#193	258	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#218	233	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#210	251	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#243	194	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#259	189	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#306	158	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#286	178	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#312	155	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#281	174	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#269	180	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#286	160	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#346	127	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#381	104	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#364	112	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#408	94	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#385	98	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#492	66	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#485	63	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#747	33	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#625	39	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#695	31	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#950	18	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1135	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1425	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#948	16	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#76	92	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#83	81	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#61	109	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#72	90	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#75	86	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#75	80	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#81	94	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#75	99	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#88	90	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#68	116	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#69	122	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#75	107	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#88	91	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#86	97	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#89	98	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#84	108	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#70	132	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#67	136	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#83	103	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#87	95	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#71	115	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#82	97	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#83	93	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#113	63	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#100	67	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#109	68	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#166	38	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#152	41	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#219	24	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#252	19	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#268	17	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#362	10	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#319	13	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#395	9	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#565	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#485	7	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#450	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#443	9	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#466	8	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#366	12	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#562	5	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#583	5	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#552	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#584	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#600	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#579	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#330	11	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1973 and 2025, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #61, first reached in 2023.

It held a top-100 place in 24 years, 23 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 259 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 51 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Cason · #392, 17y
Caspar · #485, 29y
Caspian · #117, 29y
Cass · #727, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Stanley · #59, 50y
Regan · #58, 41y
Antony · #56, 46y
Crystal · #55, 43y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Casey · #61, 47y
Dane · #62, 45y
Iselin · #60, 51y
Bevan · #59, 33y

Casper was ranked #61 in Norway · Boys in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Casper and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Casper without appearing here.

Casper moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1485 and #1367 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #948 and #2943.
Leif Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2357 and #1591 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #948 and #2943.
Robyn Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2357 and #1765 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1425 and #3036.
Herman Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2357 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1485 and #2901.

Moved ahead of Casper

Ezra Compare
In 2015 they stood at #421 and #459 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #412 and #237.
Mathias Compare
In 2023 they stood at #572 and #779 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #655 and #520.
Arlo Compare
In 2008 they stood at #385 and #567 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #408 and #311.
Carter Compare
In 2009 they stood at #532 and #604 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #611 and #542.

Moved the opposite way to Casper

Arild Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Casper went from #579 to #76 while Arild went from #44 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Casper went from #579 to #76 while Arne went from #42 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Casper went from #579 to #76 while Bjørn went from #7 to #56.
Dag Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Casper went from #579 to #76 while Dag went from #39 to #426.

Moved the same way as Casper

Adam Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Casper went from #579 to #76 and Adam from #120 to #29.
Adrian Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Casper went from #579 to #76 and Adrian from #485 to #70.
Alan Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Casper went from #579 to #76 and Alan from #458 to #274.
Alex Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Casper went from #579 to #76 and Alex from #533 to #259.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1973 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #61 in Norway in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Casper

Casper at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Casper across 4 official records

Casper by decade in Norway · Boys

Casper appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Casper and the names beside it

Casper moved ahead of

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Casper at a glance

Casper across 4 official records

Casper by decade in Norway · Boys

Casper appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Casper

Casper and the names beside it

Casper moved ahead of

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