Caspian

maleStatistical record

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

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

Caspian: Recorded since 1996, it reached #117 in 2018, and it stood at #165 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
49times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#117highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#1761
1998	#1263
2000	#2501
2001	#1949
2002	#2254
2003	#1410
2004	#2070
2005	#2754
2006	#1744
2007	#3095
2008	#1828
2009	#1358
2010	#1483
2011	#1303
2012	#1051
2013	#954
2014	#837
2015	#821
2016	#659
2017	#661
2018	#535
2019	#768
2020	#559
2021	#569
2022	#489
2023	#536
2024	#519

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 England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #187 among boys in Norway, #519 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2005–2025
Highest recorded position: #117 among boys in Norway, in 2018 (recorded 2005–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #165 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Caspian appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 844 births with the name.

Caspian across 2 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.

Caspian'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#489 (2022)	#519 (2024)	28 of 29	844 (1996–2024)	80 (2022)
Norway · Boys	#484 (2005)	#117 (2018)	#165 (2025)	20 of 21	554 (2005–2025)	54 (2018)

Caspian by decade in England and Wales · 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 Caspian in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	19	3 of 10	6
2000s	81	10 of 10	8
2010s	384	10 of 10	38
2020sbusiest	360	5 of 10	72

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 72 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2018 and 2019, when recorded births fell by 31, from 72 to 41.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Caspian 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #117 in Norway in 2018.

Caspian'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	#519	75	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#536	72	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#489	80	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#569	67	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#559	66	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#768	41	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#535	72	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#661	53	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#659	53	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#821	38	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#837	36	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#954	30	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1303	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1358	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#165	29	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#187	25	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#196	25	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#226	18	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#160	31	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#170	26	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#154	38	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#117	54	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#177	31	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#221	24	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#154	39	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#150	43	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#162	38	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#146	44	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#186	30	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#322	13	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#217	26	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#360	11	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#547	4	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#484	5	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)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #117, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 80 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 25 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Faolan · #116, 27y
Kurtis · #116, 31y
Lynsey · #119, 32y
Mckenzie · #114, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Adelen · #117, 20y
Wren · #117, 25y
Faolan · #116, 27y
Kurtis · #116, 31y

Caspian was ranked #117 in Norway · Boys in 2018. 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.

Caspian 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 Caspian without appearing here.

Caspian moved ahead of

Tor Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3095 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1828 and #4432.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3095 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1358 and #3227.
Hans Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1828 and #1511 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1358 and #3227.
Brent Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3095 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1828 and #3687.

Moved ahead of Caspian

Cooper Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1263 and #1110.

Moved the opposite way to Caspian

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Caspian went from #2863 to #519 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Caspian went from #2863 to #519 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Caspian went from #2863 to #519 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Caspian went from #2863 to #519 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Caspian

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Caspian went from #2863 to #519 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Caspian went from #2863 to #519 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Caspian went from #2863 to #519 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Caspian went from #2863 to #519 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #117 in Norway in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Caspian

Caspian at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Caspian across 2 official records

Caspian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Caspian appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Caspian at a glance

Caspian across 2 official records

Caspian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Caspian

Caspian and the names beside it

Caspian moved ahead of

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