How Many People Are Named Vasco?
An estimated 258 people in the United States have the first name Vasco. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 34 years old, and Vasco peaked in popularity in 1916 with 18 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Vasco as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Vasco paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
258
About 1 in 1,328,505 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
34
years old
Peak Year
1916
18 births
Total Registered
508
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Vasco
Vasco is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 508 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Vasco as a male name
Ranked #5,855 in 2024
16 male births in 2024
Peak: 1916 (18 births)
Vasco: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Vasco span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1910s, when 95 babies were registered. While Vasco is less common than at its peak in the 1910s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Vasco by Decade
How has Vasco tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Vasco by State
Vasco + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Vasco as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Vasco
Other first names starting with V with a similar number of bearers.
Vasco: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Vasco?
We estimate approximately 258 people named Vasco are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,328,505 Americans share this first name.
Is Vasco a common name?
Vasco is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 77.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 508 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Vasco most popular?
Vasco reached peak popularity in 1916, when 18 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Vasco is approximately 34 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Vasco a male name?
Vasco is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Vasco Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Vasco Smith, Vasco Johnson, Vasco Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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