Casper
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, variant of Kasper.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Casper (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Casper has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2004. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 143 |
| 1999 | 158 |
| 2000 | 179 |
| 2001 | 251 |
| 2002 | 269 |
| 2003 | 273 |
| 2004 | 284 |
| 2005 | 273 |
| 2006 | 273 |
| 2007 | 264 |
| 2008 | 242 |
| 2009 | 238 |
| 2010 | 252 |
| 2011 | 270 |
| 2012 | 232 |
| 2013 | 224 |
| 2014 | 229 |
| 2015 | 216 |
| 2016 | 202 |
| 2017 | 172 |
| 2018 | 179 |
| 2019 | 194 |
| 2020 | 163 |
| 2021 | 145 |
| 2022 | 124 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 903 |
| 2000 | 1,080 |
| 2001 | 1,331 |
| 2002 | 1,602 |
| 2003 | 1,869 |
| 2004 | 2,152 |
| 2005 | 2,412 |
| 2006 | 2,688 |
| 2007 | 2,950 |
| 2008 | 3,220 |
| 2009 | 3,469 |
| 2010 | 3,727 |
| 2011 | 3,997 |
| 2012 | 4,232 |
| 2013 | 4,443 |
| 2014 | 4,678 |
| 2015 | 4,896 |
| 2016 | 5,109 |
| 2017 | 5,287 |
| 2018 | 5,473 |
| 2019 | 5,666 |
| 2020 | 5,821 |
Casper in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Casper.Hi! My name is Casper.
- Casper bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Casper lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Jag ska fika med Casper i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Casper this afternoon.
- Caspers mamma är lärare.Casper's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Caspers mamma is Casper's mum.
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Questions about Casper
How do you pronounce Casper in Swedish?
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What does the name Casper mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, variant of Kasper.
How popular is Casper in Sweden?
124 babies were named Casper in 2022. In 2020, 5,821 people in Sweden had Casper as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2004 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.