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“Treasurer” — Aramaic origin
Boy's name · #924 in the US (2025) · Heirloom
Casper is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1889, when it ranked #332. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 6,200 boys since 1880, ranked #924 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Together with its spelling variant Kasper (#1880), Casper would rank around #760 with about 340 births last year — the newborns split about 75/25 between Casper and Kasper.
Around the world: #34 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #76 in Norway (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 22 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 271 notable people named Casper:
Sports figures appear 1.91× more often than among typical names — e.g. Casper Ruud, Norwegian tennis player.
Similar names: Kasper · Hampton · Cassius · Iver · Turner · Palmer
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