Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Jasper

Gender

Male

Origin

French
Jasperstone
Ornamental stone, brown, beige or red in color; also a variant of Caspar
English
Variant of Caspar
Persian
Treasurer

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Biblical
  • Green
  • Nature
  • Precious Gem
  • Word

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Jasper

Pronunciation

j(a)-sper, jas-per

Celebrity Babies

Son of Wynton Marsalis

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #122, 2,942 births); most recent 2025 (rank #129, 2,804 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #2231, 83 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3645, 41 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20252,80441
20242,75050
20232,94270
20222,91678
20212,87683
20202,63965
20192,79151
20182,50551
20172,11644
20161,91341

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #63, 802 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025802
2024739
2023690
2022725
2021742
2020727
2019720
2018708
2017642
2016683

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2013 (rank #2005, 13 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2965, 7 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20237
202212
20218
202012
20197
20189
20177
20165
20154
20148

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #262, 17 births); most recent 2025 (rank #307, 13 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
202513
20249
202311
202212
202117
202017
201913
201815
20179
201611

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #171, 31 births); most recent 2025 (rank #178, 23 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
202523
202428
202315
202218
202127
202019
201931
201824
201717
201617

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #134, 19 births); most recent 2025 (rank #212, 9 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
20259
202411
202311
202213
202119
20206
20198
20185
20177
20167

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #28, 94 births); most recent 2023 (rank #33, 64 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #545, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoysGirls
202364–
2022836
202179–
202089–
201994–
2018926
201784–
201658–
201552–
201455–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence