Vasco
Boy · VAS-koh · Portuguese
Vasco is a boys' name of Portuguese origin, meaning “Basque”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Vasco mean?
Portuguese: Portuguese and Spanish, from medieval Velasco
“Basque”
Vasco da Gama was the Portuguese navigator who first sailed from Europe to India around Africa, in 1497-98.
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Is Vasco a girl's or a boy's name?
Vasco is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vasco in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Vasco, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 10 boys.
2025 had more boys named Vasco than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Vasco in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Vasco in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
How popular is Vasco in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Vasco, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1916, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1910.
Half of all the boys named Vasco in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vasco in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,164 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,697 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,313 |
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