Jasper is a boy's name of English origin meaning “spotted or speckled stone.” In 2024 it was given to 2,750 boys in the United States.
Jasper at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
English & American
Meaning
“spotted or speckled stone”
Pronunciation
/ˈdʒaspə/
About the name Jasper
Jasper belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “spotted or speckled stone” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Jasper first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #122 in 2023, and in 2024 2,750 babies received the name — 59,598 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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