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Jasper

Jasper: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“treasurer”
Origin
Persian
Say it
JAS-per · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (98% of all uses)

From a traditional name of one of the Magi, ultimately from a Persian form usually glossed as 'treasurer'. It is also the name of the gemstone jasper.

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How popular is Jasper?

2024841 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Jasper in 20242,800

2024 rank#133 boys

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 188060,802

Jasper is rising: use over the last five years is 2.2× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Jasper

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Caspertreasurer · Persian
  • Cyrussun; uncertain · Persian
  • Kiankingly · Persian
  • Dariuspossessing goodness · Persian
  • ArianAryan; noble · Persian
  • Kiaanking, realm · Persian
  • Tajcrown · Persian
  • Armanwish; ideal · Persian

Jasper questions

What does the name Jasper mean?

Jasper means "treasurer". It comes from Persian. From a traditional name of one of the Magi, ultimately from a Persian form usually glossed as 'treasurer'. It is also the name of the gemstone jasper.

Is Jasper a boy or girl name?

Jasper is mainly a boy's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Jasper?

2,800 US babies were named Jasper in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Jasper?

Jasper is usually pronounced JAS-per.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.