Caspar
About Caspar
After half a century, this otherwise feasible name has at last started to lose its link to the friendly ghost; it certainly didn't scare model Claudia Schiffer, who chose it for her son, as did Atomic Kitten Jenny Frost. Iconoclastic namer Jason Lee switched genders and called his daughter Casper. Also related to the revived Jasper, Caspar seems headed towards the path to a similar resurgence.
Caspar is the name of one of the Three Magi who brought gifts to the infant Jesus—-Caspar of Tarsus was the one who brought the gift of gold.
In the Casper spelling, the name was quite popular in the U.S. near the end of the nineteenth century, peaking in 1889 at Number 332, but it dropped off the list completely in 1933. It still retains its popularity in Scandinavia and Belgium.
Actor Casper van Dien was the tenth generation in his family to bear the name of his Dutch ancestors, continuing the tradition with his son Casper Robert Mitchum.
As of October 2026, Caspar ranked #4889 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3272 in 1917, Nameberry popularity #1000.
Editor's take: The name Caspar is a boy's name of Persian origin meaning "keeper of the treasure".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | #4,803 | 20 | 10.5 |
| 2017 | #4,768 | 20 | 10.8 |
| 2018 | #4,109 | 25 | 13.8 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | #4,889 | 20 | 11.7 |
World rankings
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Caspar on lists
Famous Caspars
- Caspar
one of the Biblical magi
- Caspar David Friedrich
German Romantic artist
- Caspar Voght
German social reformer
- Caspar Buberl
American sculptor
- Caspar Netscher
Dutch painter
- Caspar del Bufalo
Italian priest and saint
- Caspar Badrutt
Swiss businessman and pioneer of alpine resorts
- Caspar John
British Admiral of the Fleet; son of painter Augustus John
- Caspar de Robles
ruler of two provinces of the Netherlands
- Caspar Einem
Austrian politician
- Caspar Weinberger
American politician and U.S. Secretary of Defense
- Caspar Weinberger Jr.
American writer
- Caspar Richard George Lee
South African vlogger
Caspar in pop culture
- Caspar
character in movie "Roadside Prophets"
- Caspar
one of the three Magi computer is Japanese anime "Neon Genesis Evangelion"
Variations & nicknames
- KasperPolish
- JesperDanish
- GazsiHungarian
- CasparoSpanish
- GaspardFrench
- CasperScandinavian
- GazparSpanish
- GasparoItalian
- JasperFrench
- GasparHungarian
- KasparScandinavian