Meaning and history
Dutch and Scandinavian form of Jasper, also borne by Casper the friendly ghost in an American series of cartoons and comic books that began in 1945.
20062006: 46 births, rank #2,578
2007: 51 births, rank #2,473
2008: 49 births, rank #2,542
2009: 38 births, rank #3,045
2010: 52 births, rank #2,402
20112011: 56 births, rank #2,284
2012: 71 births, rank #1,983
2013: 92 births, rank #1,647
2014: 86 births, rank #1,751
2015: 87 births, rank #1,753
20162016: 83 births, rank #1,811
2017: 123 births, rank #1,413
2018: 129 births, rank #1,364
2019: 159 births, rank #1,202
2020: 153 births, rank #1,225
20212021: 181 births, rank #1,125
2022: 181 births, rank #1,146
2023: 218 births, rank #1,007
2024: 274 births, rank #880
20252025: 255 births, rank #924
Casper moved from #881 to #924 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2024, with 274 births.