How rare is the name Jasper?

31,500 people in the United States have the first name Jasper, about 1 in 9,588. It ranks #1,220 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JASPER

#1,220

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
31,500
About
1 in 9,588
This common or more
72.7%
Who bears it

Of the 31,500 people named Jasper, 62.1% reported their origin as White, 12% as Black and 9.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 97.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jasper peaked in 2023, when 3,014 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
3,014
In 2025*
2,845 ▼6%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 63,674 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jasper by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #222. The largest share of babies named Jasper, 50.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#380820
1890s#531725
1900s#631715
1910s#5842,809
1920s#6373,780
1930s#7782,366
1940s#9412,125
1950s#1,1971,918
1960s#1,5471,336
1970s#1,7881,186
1980s#1,4681,932
1990s#1,3962,708
2000s#1,0275,335
2010s#38618,587
2020s#22217,332
Before 19012.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–2710.3%
Silent Generation 1928–456.8%
Baby boom 1946–645.5%
Generation X 1965–803%
Millennials 1981–965.6%
Generation Z 1997–1215.9%
2013 and later50.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jasper is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jasper has been most common in North Carolina (2.4×), South Carolina (2×), and Oregon (2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.3×).

55,873 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Jasper

1 other first name also has 31,500 people.

#1,220 Elvira · 31,500

Either side of Jasper

#1,219 Drake · 31,584#1,220 Elvira · 31,500#1,222 Gwen · 31,346#1,223 Britney · 31,343

Also a last name

As a last name, Jasper ranks #3,752 of 156,621, with 9,214 people. See Jasper as a last name

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