Escher
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ESH-er
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Escher is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Escher mean?
Germanic: Dutch and German surname
Recalls the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, famous for his impossible staircases and tessellations.
Is Escher a girl's or a boy's name?
Escher is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Escher in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Escher, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Escher in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Escher in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 31 | #3,454 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
Names like Escher
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Archer, Adler, Ledger, Wilder, Wylder, Hendrix, Baker, Ander, Xander, Asher, Evander, Enzo
Names related to Escher
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Escher: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/escher, updated 20 October 2026.