Meaning not yet researched.
Jasper: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,804 in 2025. Its best rank was #122 in 2023.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #122 in 2023; #129 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Jasper in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#129 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2023, at #122.
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Jasper: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,804 boys in 2025. Peak: #122 in 2023 · most boys in one year: 2,944 (2023).
In 2025, 2,804 US boys were named Jasper, making it the 129th most common boys’ name of the year, up 4 places from #133 in 2024. That is 43 more than the 2,761 boys named Jasper in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #122, reached in 2023. That year also had the most boys given the name: 2,944. For comparison, it was #214 in 2015 and #461 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jasper in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 98 babies with the name. In all, 63,674 US babies have been given the name, 2.0% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 18,587 babies named Jasper.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 26,275 US boys were named Jasper; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 2,944. In 2025 that was about 1 in 609 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Jasper ranked highest in Maine in 2025, at #43 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 20 states (counting DC). Rarer spellings such as Jazper, Jesper and Jaspar are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Casper and Jap.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Jazper (335), Jesper (245), Jaspar (60), Jaspyr (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Jasper is listed as a nickname for Casper.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 24 | #43 | #167 |
| West Virginia | 30 | #51 | #128 |
| Montana | 18 | #55 | #74 |
| Kentucky | 74 | #57 | #157 |
| Oregon | 58 | #60 | #93 |
| Idaho | 32 | #64 | #176 |
| Arkansas | 44 | #68 | #111 |
| Alaska | 11 | #70 | — |
| Wyoming | 6 | #76 | #173 |
| Hawaii | 11 | #80 | #210 |
| Indiana | 93 | #81 | #198 |
| Washington | 89 | #83 | #133 |
| Missouri | 73 | #86 | #219 |
| Kansas | 40 | #87 | #144 |
| South Dakota | 14 | #89 | #96 |
| North Dakota | 13 | #89 | #154 |
| Oklahoma | 47 | #89 | #132 |
| Vermont | 6 | #91 | #74 |
| Iowa | 39 | #95 | #211 |
| Minnesota | 67 | #95 | #152 |
| New Hampshire | 14 | #108 | #203 |
| Colorado | 63 | #111 | #137 |
| Ohio | 120 | #112 | #211 |
| New Mexico | 17 | #118 | #268 |
| Tennessee | 78 | #121 | #170 |
| California | 325 | #126 | #244 |
| Michigan | 75 | #133 | #218 |
| Alabama | 42 | #135 | #228 |
| Virginia | 65 | #140 | #190 |
| New York | 139 | #141 | #192 |
| Pennsylvania | 88 | #147 | #233 |
| Utah | 36 | #149 | #310 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | #150 | #196 |
| Texas | 255 | #150 | #278 |
| North Carolina | 87 | #150 | #199 |
| Georgia | 81 | #151 | #189 |
| Nevada | 21 | #151 | #186 |
| Florida | 143 | #152 | #255 |
| Wisconsin | 42 | #153 | #225 |
| Mississippi | 20 | #161 | #146 |
| Massachusetts | 40 | #169 | #211 |
| South Carolina | 33 | #171 | #221 |
| Arizona | 51 | #172 | #241 |
| Louisiana | 27 | #194 | #254 |
| Illinois | 60 | #197 | #284 |
| Nebraska | 13 | #200 | #149 |
| Maryland | 27 | #217 | #555 |
| Connecticut | 12 | #273 | #335 |
| New Jersey | 26 | #329 | #409 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,672 | 2,804 | #129 |
| 2024 | 50 | #3,197 | 2,761 | #133 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,532 | 2,944 | #122 |
| 2022 | 78 | #2,372 | 2,919 | #129 |
| 2021 | 84 | #2,221 | 2,876 | #128 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,609 | 2,640 | #138 |
| 2019 | 51 | #3,145 | 2,793 | #136 |
| 2018 | 51 | #3,180 | 2,506 | #155 |
| 2017 | 44 | #3,509 | 2,117 | #183 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,738 | 1,915 | #209 |
| 2015 | 42 | #3,675 | 1,866 | #214 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,050 | 1,755 | #218 |
| 2013 | 42 | #3,668 | 1,467 | #247 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,463 | 1,358 | #263 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,980 | 1,253 | #281 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,470 | 1,184 | #285 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,734 | 945 | #337 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,917 | 627 | #449 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,598 | 585 | #466 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,987 | 442 | #569 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,898 | 452 | #538 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,919 | 392 | #576 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,419 | 470 | #513 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,551 | 479 | #483 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,750 | 390 | #549 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,866 | 334 | #592 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,638 | 281 | #634 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,288 | 300 | #611 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,907 | 274 | #628 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,799 | 252 | #661 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,406 | 238 | #687 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,335 | 207 | #730 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,790 | 225 | #688 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,336 | 243 | #666 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,138 | 251 | #646 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,618 | 269 | #615 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,388 | 231 | #657 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,820 | 248 | #591 |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,387 | 204 | #641 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,358 | 171 | #694 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,856 | 177 | #663 |
| 1984 | — | — | 144 | #725 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,378 | 174 | #650 |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,163 | 154 | #702 |
| 1981 | 5 | #11,044 | 194 | #612 |
| 1980 | 5 | #11,005 | 163 | #680 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,822 | 152 | #694 |
| 1978 | — | — | 144 | #699 |
| 1977 | — | — | 133 | #742 |
| 1976 | — | — | 118 | #764 |
| 1975 | — | — | 119 | #761 |
| 1974 | — | — | 101 | #799 |
| 1973 | — | — | 102 | #787 |
| 1972 | — | — | 105 | #779 |
| 1971 | — | — | 108 | #783 |
| 1970 | — | — | 99 | #814 |
| 1969 | — | — | 117 | #722 |
| 1968 | — | — | 94 | #767 |
| 1967 | — | — | 124 | #671 |
| 1966 | — | — | 107 | #720 |
| 1965 | — | — | 120 | #680 |
| 1964 | — | — | 140 | #656 |
| 1963 | — | — | 142 | #655 |
| 1962 | — | — | 160 | #610 |
| 1961 | — | — | 153 | #635 |
| 1960 | — | — | 179 | #582 |
| 1959 | — | — | 174 | #592 |
| 1958 | — | — | 186 | #567 |
| 1957 | — | — | 169 | #590 |
| 1956 | — | — | 181 | #565 |
| 1955 | — | — | 187 | #543 |
| 1954 | — | — | 209 | #501 |
| 1953 | — | — | 187 | #516 |
| 1952 | — | — | 206 | #491 |
| 1951 | — | — | 211 | #468 |
| 1950 | — | — | 208 | #461 |
| 1949 | — | — | 194 | #473 |
| 1948 | — | — | 225 | #444 |
| 1947 | — | — | 203 | #472 |
| 1946 | — | — | 201 | #448 |
| 1945 | — | — | 191 | #431 |
| 1944 | — | — | 184 | #448 |
| 1943 | — | — | 252 | #386 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,938 | 241 | #390 |
| 1941 | — | — | 208 | #403 |
| 1940 | — | — | 221 | #383 |
| 1939 | — | — | 221 | #382 |
| 1938 | — | — | 201 | #400 |
| 1937 | — | — | 219 | #370 |
| 1936 | — | — | 236 | #352 |
| 1935 | — | — | 212 | #371 |
| 1934 | — | — | 246 | #351 |
| 1933 | — | — | 231 | #356 |
| 1932 | — | — | 263 | #340 |
| 1931 | — | — | 252 | #345 |
| 1930 | — | — | 285 | #328 |
| 1929 | — | — | 306 | #316 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,428 | 336 | #302 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,178 | 346 | #309 |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,218 | 389 | #290 |
| 1925 | — | — | 387 | #292 |
| 1924 | — | — | 396 | #291 |
| 1923 | — | — | 403 | #282 |
| 1922 | — | — | 423 | #275 |
| 1921 | — | — | 390 | #284 |
| 1920 | — | — | 388 | #284 |
| 1919 | — | — | 423 | #260 |
| 1918 | — | — | 391 | #269 |
| 1917 | — | — | 377 | #262 |
| 1916 | — | — | 358 | #267 |
| 1915 | — | — | 332 | #265 |
| 1914 | — | — | 306 | #246 |
| 1913 | — | — | 248 | #238 |
| 1912 | — | — | 178 | #262 |
| 1911 | — | — | 114 | #239 |
| 1910 | — | — | 82 | #272 |
| 1909 | — | — | 83 | #241 |
| 1908 | — | — | 78 | #239 |
| 1907 | — | — | 87 | #219 |
| 1906 | — | — | 56 | #264 |
| 1905 | — | — | 80 | #213 |
| 1904 | — | — | 52 | #267 |
| 1903 | — | — | 57 | #245 |
| 1902 | — | — | 67 | #219 |
| 1901 | — | — | 58 | #229 |
| 1900 | — | — | 97 | #197 |
| 1899 | — | — | 65 | #203 |
| 1898 | — | — | 60 | #227 |
| 1897 | — | — | 83 | #184 |
| 1896 | — | — | 90 | #180 |
| 1895 | — | — | 71 | #203 |
| 1894 | — | — | 61 | #217 |
| 1893 | — | — | 72 | #199 |
| 1892 | — | — | 70 | #209 |
| 1891 | — | — | 58 | #206 |
| 1890 | — | — | 95 | #149 |
| 1889 | — | — | 76 | #178 |
| 1888 | — | — | 78 | #192 |
| 1887 | — | — | 65 | #190 |
| 1886 | — | — | 88 | #157 |
| 1885 | — | — | 87 | #156 |
| 1884 | — | — | 83 | #169 |
| 1883 | — | — | 74 | #165 |
| 1882 | — | — | 88 | #158 |
| 1881 | — | — | 83 | #150 |
| 1880 | — | — | 98 | #139 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).