Caprice
Caprice is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Caprice
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Caprice is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Caprice
As a girl name
American parents first put Caprice on the record books as a girl name in 1949, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1966, when 116 Caprices were born — ranking #944 that year. About 20% of every Caprice on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Caprice ranks #8,366 for girls with 11 births, falling sharply (-29%). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Caprice on the record books as a boy name in 1973, with 11 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1998, when 12 Caprices were born — ranking #5,157 that year. About 35% of every Caprice on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Caprice last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 180 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Caprice
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Caprice. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Caprice
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About the name Caprice
Caprice is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1949 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Caprice's peak popularity came in 1966 when it ranked #944. Use the chart and map above to compare Caprice's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.