Esko

#12,593 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Ásketill

Esko has been given to 56 babies in the U.S. since 1917. In 2025 it ranked #12,593 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Esko, 2025

1 in 663,000

Esko over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Esko: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Ásketill

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Esko means

Esko is a form of Ásketill.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Esko is used in Finnish.

Origin, language, and formation

Esko is used in Estonian and Finnish.

Esko comes through Swedish Eskil and Old Norse Áskell.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ásketill.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Estonian, Esko is pronounced /ˈesko/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 56 boys were recorded with the name Esko between 1917 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2022; its best national rank was #4,173 in 1917.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #11,019 in 2020 to #12,593 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Esko?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 342,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #12,593; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Esko sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Esko. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Eskos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Esko was born before 2021 — so the typical Esko is around 4 today.

Median birth year: 2021; About 4 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 62.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 73.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 41; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 62.5% of all recorded uses (35).

Is Esko rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −1,259; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −1,574; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 71.4%; Peak was 2022 (7)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 16.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,173; 1917

Spellings of Esko

Esko is not the most common spelling — Enzo is, with 41.8% against Esko's 0.07%.

Enzo41.8%34,952
Niko17.5%14,629
Elmo12.1%10,091
Elio6.2%5,174
Sky5.0%4,205
Esau3.6%2,976
Esai3.0%2,478
Eston2.4%2,006

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Esko by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #12,593
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 1,574
Best rank ever: #4,173; 1917
Peak year: 2022; 7 that year
First recorded: 1917
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 56
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Esko

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Eskel Eskil Esker Jesko

Sibling names for Esko

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Shyann Sydni Sydnie Halie Karleigh Rhianna

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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