Jasper
The 2025 national count puts Jasper at #129, at or near its all-time peak. The records carry it back to 1880, but its real era is now, 62,428 American children have carried it so far.
What Jasper carries
Jasper · Persian
“treasure master”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Jasper’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Jasper, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Jasper since 1880
Jasper peaked in 2023 at #122; #129 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Jasper is most common
By share of a state's recorded boys' names, Jasper runs strongest in Maine at 0.62% in 2025, then Wyoming and Vermont.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Jasper
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Jonah
#128 in 2025 · Hebrew
Esther
#119 in 2025 · Persian
Jaxon
#115 in 2025
Jace
#114 in 2025
Jude
#155 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jaxson
#156 in 2025
Jayce
#167 in 2025
Judah
#178 in 2025 · Hebrew
Browse: names starting with J · Persian names · all names
About Jasper
How common is Jasper today?
The 2025 national count puts Jasper at #129, at or near its all-time peak. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What is the recorded meaning of Jasper?
“treasure master” is the meaning our source sets down, of Persian origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Jasper?
Jonah, Esther and Jaxon sit nearest to Jasper on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
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