Kasper is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin meaning “treasurer.” In 2024 it was given to 94 boys in the United States.
Kasper at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Scandinavian
Meaning
“treasurer”
Pronunciation
/ˈkas.pər/
About the name Kasper
Kasper belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “treasurer” — is the sense carried by its Scandinavian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Kasper first appears in Social Security records in 1912. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1750 in 2024, and in 2024 94 babies received the name — 1,304 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.