Jasper

maleStatistical record

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

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

Jasper: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #38 in 2022, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
91times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#38highest recorded position
13groupings 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	#284
1997	#285
1998	#263
1999	#253
2000	#239
2001	#221
2002	#224
2003	#211
2004	#212
2005	#195
2006	#202
2007	#186
2008	#196
2009	#180
2010	#152
2011	#138
2012	#129
2013	#111
2014	#107
2015	#104
2016	#98
2017	#102
2018	#89
2019	#84
2020	#78
2021	#79
2022	#78
2023	#75
2024	#71

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2025: #56 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #317 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #284 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 recorded2012–2023
Highest recorded position: #38 among boys in New Zealand, in 2022 (recorded 2012–2023).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #56 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Jasper appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 11,788 births with the name.

Jasper across 5 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.

Jasper'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	#284 (1996)	#71 (2024)	#71 (2024)	29 of 29	11,788 (1996–2024)	742 (2021)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#369 (1998)	#271 (2020)	#317 (2025)	21 of 28	193 (1998–2025)	17 (2020)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#97 (2009)	#46 (2024)	#56 (2025)	17 of 17	2,288 (2009–2025)	170 (2019)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#387 (2010)	#134 (2021)	#187 (2024)	13 of 15	110 (2010–2024)	19 (2021)
New Zealand · Boys	#84 (2012)	#38 (2022)	#56 (2023)	10 of 12	734 (2012–2023)	94 (2022)

Jasper 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 Jasper in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	413	4 of 10	103
2000s	1,963	10 of 10	196
2010s	5,789	10 of 10	579
2020sbusiest	3,623	5 of 10	725

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 725 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2009 and 2010, when recorded births rose by 100, from 289 to 389.

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

Jasper 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 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #38 in New Zealand in 2022.

Jasper'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	#71	739	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#75	690	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#78	725	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#79	742	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#78	727	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#84	720	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#89	708	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#102	642	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#98	683	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#104	608	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#107	570	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#111	534	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#129	482	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#138	453	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#152	389	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#180	289	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#196	241	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#186	261	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#202	216	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#195	213	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#212	175	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#211	166	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#224	140	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#221	138	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#239	124	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#253	116	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#263	106	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#285	97	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#284	94	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	male	#56	135	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	male	#46	146	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	male	#47	156	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	male	#61	131	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	male	#56	157	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	male	#57	158	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	170	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	137	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	male	#69	137	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	male	#80	130	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	male	#95	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	male	#75	138	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	male	#83	127	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	male	#94	118	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	112	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	male	#84	124	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	male	#97	108	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	male	#56	70	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	male	#38	94	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	male	#53	79	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	male	#47	88	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	male	#63	77	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	male	#61	80	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	male	#92	59	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	male	#69	78	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	male	#85	52	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	male	#84	57	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#187	11	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#189	11	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#163	13	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#134	19	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#270	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#242	8	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#319	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#253	7	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#243	8	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#219	9	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	13	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#343	11	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#349	12	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	17	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	17	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	13	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#291	15	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#353	11	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#397	9	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	12	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#490	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#160	28	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 6 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #38, first reached in 2022.

It held a top-100 place in 17 years, 17 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 742 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 28 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 6 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.

Jaxon · #36, 29y
Aaliyah · #41, 30y
Ashton · #41, 33y
Brianna · #35, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Eilidh · #38, 30y
Eliana · #38, 30y
Leander · #38, 33y
Rhianna · #38, 29y

Jasper was ranked #38 in New Zealand · Boys in 2022. 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.

Jasper 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 Jasper without appearing here.

Jasper moved ahead of

Marius Compare
In 2013 they stood at #718 and #616 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #347 and #715.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2012 they stood at #718 and #616 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #448 and #711.
Finlay Compare
In 2013 they stood at #448 and #448 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #347 and #609.
Jakob Compare
In 2013 they stood at #718 and #718 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #347 and #609.

Moved ahead of Jasper

Cooper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #490 and #623 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #718 and #233.
Riley Compare
In 2007 they stood at #423 and #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #472 and #267.
Jackson Compare
In 2009 they stood at #472 and #701 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #491 and #322.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #285 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #263 and #182.

Moved the opposite way to Jasper

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jasper went from #284 to #71 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jasper went from #284 to #71 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jasper went from #284 to #71 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jasper went from #284 to #71 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Jasper

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jasper went from #284 to #71 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jasper went from #284 to #71 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jasper went from #284 to #71 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jasper went from #284 to #71 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #38 in New Zealand in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jasper

Jasper at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jasper across 5 official records

Jasper by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Jasper appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Jasper

Jasper and the names beside it

Jasper moved ahead of

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Jasper at a glance

Jasper across 5 official records

Jasper by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Jasper appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Jasper

Jasper and the names beside it

Jasper moved ahead of

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