girls:
20 births since 2021
#5696 (0th percentile)
boys:
1.2k births since 1912
#3399 (26th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1912
#6512 (16th percentile)
The name Kasper is the #6,512 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,228 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 15.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,399 (25.8% percentile) for all time with 1,208 births since 1912. For girls, it ranks #5,696 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 20 births since 2021.
Kasper first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 2021 for girls). Birth data for Kasper is available in 47 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (47 years for boys and 3 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kasper has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 93.7% of babies named Kasper were boys.
For boys, Kasper reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 9.2% percentile (ranked #827) with 49 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 49 births per million (ranked 9.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kasper is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #827 (9.2% percentile) with 49 births per million.
For girls, Kasper reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #932) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Kasper ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 68.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kasper".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kasper. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.3% confident that Kasper is pronounced as KA-sper, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAH-sper, at 31.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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