Vasco — #5658 US boys' name
508 babies named Vasco in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 60% of names given to boys today.
19% of everyone ever named Vasco was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Vasco in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vasco
The Social Security Administration has registered 508 babies named Vasco between 1910 and 2024, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vasco currently holds the #5658 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vasco performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 95 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Vasco shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Vasco in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vasco in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 508 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Vasco at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vasco popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1910
- Peak year (1916)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 115 years of records
Currently ranks #5658 among boys.
508 total births across 115 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 18 births in a single year.
Vasco by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 95 births that decade — 19% of Vasco's all-time total
Vasco decade highlights
- Peak decade 95 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Vasco's strongest decade
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
Vasco by state
Where Vasco concentrates geographically — total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 508 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 1.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1910–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.