girl's name

Caprice

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 4,158

Northern Ireland

#505

2007 births

Caprice is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1966, when 116 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 236,855 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1949.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Caprice over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

739
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Caprice by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 7
1950s 230
1960s 621
1970s 606
1980s 556
1990s 739
2000s 500
2010s 232
2020s (to 2025) 72

How popular is Caprice?

In 2025, Caprice was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Caprice is used

Northern Ireland #505 3 in 2007
Ireland #592 3 in 1998
Scotland #946 3 in 2008
Canada #3,914 5 in 2018
England & Wales #4,471 5 in 2021
United States #7,757 14 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Caprice

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Caprice also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Caprice over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Caprice

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Caprice — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Caprice

How popular is the name Caprice?

In 2025, Caprice was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Caprice a girl's or a boy's name?

Caprice is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Caprice?

Caprice has 2 syllables.

When was Caprice most popular?

Caprice peaked in 1966, when 116 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Caprice a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Caprice currently ranks #7,757 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.