Capers

Boy · recorded 1912–1961

  • 1961last recorded
  • 1912best year

Most popular in 1912.

Last recorded in 1961. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

071419121924193719491961

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 17 recorded years as a table
Capers, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191214
191312
19148
19158
191912
19207
19215
19266
19279
19315
19336
19347
19416
19424
19473
19514
19612

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Capers isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1961
5
Rank in 1961
#4,065
How rare
1 in 424,839 boys
Since 1912
114

Capers was last recorded in 1961. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1912, at 14 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Capers doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.