Name meaning & stats
Kaspar
Kaspar (Old Persian origin). 169 US babies since 1940, peak 2008. Notable Kaspars are 1.7× over-represented as basketball players.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Old PersianSpelling of Casper
Casper around the world
- Каспер · Russian
- كاسبر · Arabic
- קספר · Hebrew
- キャスパー · Japanese
- 卡斯帕 (名字) · Chinese
- Caspar · Dutch
Famous Caspers
- Casper Ruud · Norwegian tennis player
In US birth records
Peak year: 2008
169 US babies were named Kaspar between 1940 and 2025.
Kaspar around the world
- Sweden: 94 babies since 1998, peak 2002, No. 1,196 in 2022
- England & Wales: 212 babies since 1996, peak 2022, No. 4,213 in 2025
From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.
Where Kaspars end up
| Career | vs expected | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Basketball player | 1.7× | Medium · 10 people |
| Musician | 1.5× | Low · 7 people |
| Actor | 1.0× | Low · 6 people |
| Politician | 0.6× | Low · 6 people |
Among notable men who are basketball players, Kaspars show up 1.7× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.
Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.
Other spellings
1 in 34 Caspers spell it Kaspar
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2008)