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Haskell

Boy · HAS-kel · Hebrew

Haskell is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God strengthens”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Haskell mean?

Hebrew: Yiddish form of Ezekiel; also an English surname from Old Norse Asketill

“God strengthens”

As a Yiddish name it comes from Yechezkel, the Hebrew name of the prophet Ezekiel.

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HAS-kel

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

Haskell is a boys' name.

How popular is Haskell in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1919, with 104 boys. It first appears in the records in 1883.

Half of all the boys named Haskell in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1947, the years shaded on the chart below.

1883Busiest: 104 in 19192024
Haskell in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20248#8,982
20236#10,815
202210#7,762
20217#9,709
20209#8,062
201910#7,638
20185#12,150
20176#10,770
20169#8,141
20157#9,562
201410#7,557
20136#10,722
20126#10,763
20115#12,280
20105#12,224
20090–
20085#12,546
20070–
20067#9,579
20056#10,144
20040–
20030–
20020–
20015#10,548
20000–
19990–
19986#8,472
19970–
19965#9,008
19955#8,861
19940–
19930–
19925#8,426
19917#6,511
19908#5,816
19890–
19880–
19870–
198610#4,126
19856#5,780
19840–
198311#3,629
19827#5,001
198112#3,410
198011#3,614
197912#3,356
197814#2,928
197712#3,201
19769#3,722
197513#2,900
197414#2,672
197311#3,011
197210#3,150
19719#3,368
197013#2,620
196914#2,307
196813#2,310
19677#3,229
196625#1,539
196523#1,624
196419#1,849
196321#1,743
196224#1,624
196119#1,875
196027#1,551
195920#1,805
195824#1,592
195725#1,582
195634#1,316
195528#1,457
195434#1,291
195336#1,244
195233#1,296
195141#1,122
195033#1,255
194941#1,096
194836#1,193
194748#1,035
194639#1,110
194540#1,005
194444#974
194357#885
194262#821
194140#1,019
194058#818
193951#857
193852#860
193761#787
193673#690
193558#814
193459#808
193360#788
193273#729
193178#677
193087#667
192976#712
192877#732
192776#747
192684#692
192590#670
192494#667
1923100#640
192297#651
192189#687
192079#732
1919104#587
191886#667
191783#656
191692#606
191580#647
191460#653
191367#523
191248#584
191122#667
191030#512
190922#558
190831#429
190724#472
190620#503
19059#836
19047#966
19038#846
19029#793
19016#942
19006#1,161
18995#1,050
18986#1,001
18977#851
18967#899
18950–
18946#953
18937#836
18927#860
18918#699
18900–
18890–
18880–
18877#752
18860–
18850–
18840–
18835#891

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