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Kaspar

#9,308 in 2025Boys' name

Treasurer, steward, through ܓܙܒܪܐ

Kaspar has been given to 169 babies in the U.S. since 2000. In 2025 it ranked #9,308 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Kaspar, 2025

1 in 414,000

Kaspar over time, 1880–2025

Boys
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kaspar: meaning, origin, and history

Treasurer, steward, through ܓܙܒܪܐ

Biblical Hebrew, Classical Syriac, Medieval Latin, Old Median and Old Persian

What Kaspar means

Kaspar belongs to the name family reached through Kaspar → ܓܙܒܪܐ. Its meaning is “treasurer, steward”.

Origin, language, and formation

Kaspar is used in Estonian, Faroese, German, Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish. Its origins include Biblical Hebrew, Classical Syriac, Medieval Latin, Old Median and Old Persian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Caspar, Kasper and ܓܙܒܪܐ.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Norwegian Bokmål, Kaspar is pronounced /ˈkas.par/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 169 boys were recorded with the name Kaspar between 2000 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2008; its best national rank was #7,298 in 2012.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,087 in 2020 to #9,308 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,770 in 2015 to #9,308 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kaspar?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 213,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#9,308
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kaspar sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kaspar. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kaspars were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kaspar was born before 2014 — so the typical Kaspar is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
42.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
96.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
169
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 42.0% of all recorded uses (71).

Is Kaspar rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+3,962
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+3,779
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,538
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.80×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
72.7%
Peak was 2008 (11)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
40.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#7,298
2012

Spellings of Kaspar

Kaspar is not the most common spelling — Jasper is, with 79.8% against Kaspar's 0.22%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Kaspar around the world

Where Kaspar ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2016–2016
    #707
    in 2016
  • France
    1986–2004
    #4,493
    in 2004
  • South Australia
    2009–2013
    #499
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kaspar by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,308
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,779
Best rank ever
#7,298
2012
Peak year
2008
11 that year
First recorded
2000
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
169
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Kaspar

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KasiahKashisKastinKastenKaspenKassemKashusKasaunKasaanKastleKassimKastonKashdenKaschKastielKashdynKasmirKasheemKashtinKassianKasaniKasemKashtenKasean

Sibling names for Kaspar

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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