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Jasper

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Jasper is ranked 133rd among boys in 2024 (2,750 births). Its best rank was 122nd, in 2023.

Rank in 2024
#133down 11 from 2023
Births in 2024
2,7500.16% of boys
Peak year
20232,942 births
Best rank
#122in 2023
Since 1880
60,802people given the name
Babies named Jasper, by year of birthboys
01.3k2.5k3.8k5k18801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

59,598 boys have been named Jasper in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 2,942 births — 0.17% of all boys recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 31%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,204 girls have also been given it, 2.0% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadeboys named Jasper
1880s820
1890s725
1900s715
1910s2,809
1920s3,764
1930s2,366
1940s2,119
1950s1,918
1960s1,336
1970s1,182
1980s1,860
1990s2,541
2000s5,114
2010s18,206
2020s14,123

In 2023, its biggest year

Jasper was the 122nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Jasper

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.