How Many People Are Named Caspar?
An estimated 342 people in the United States have the first name Caspar. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 16 years old, and Caspar peaked in popularity in 2018 with 25 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Caspar as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Caspar paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
342
About 1 in 1,002,206 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
16
years old
Peak Year
2018
25 births
Total Registered
381
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Caspar
Caspar is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 381 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Caspar as a male name
Ranked #5,933 in 2024
15 male births in 2024
Peak: 2018 (25 births)
Caspar: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Caspar span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 141 babies were registered. While Caspar is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Caspar by Decade
How has Caspar tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Caspar by State
Caspar + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Caspar as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Caspar
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Caspar: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Caspar?
We estimate approximately 342 people named Caspar are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,002,206 Americans share this first name.
Is Caspar a common name?
Caspar is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 80.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 381 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Caspar most popular?
Caspar reached peak popularity in 2018, when 25 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Caspar is approximately 16 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Caspar a male name?
Caspar is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Caspar Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Caspar Smith, Caspar Johnson, Caspar Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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