Meaning and history
Vasco comes from the medieval Spanish name Velasco, which may have meant “crow” in Basque. A famous bearer was the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (c. 1460–1524), the first person to sail from Europe around Africa to India.
20062006: 7 births, rank #9,585
2007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: 10 births, rank #7,698
2009: 10 births, rank #7,692
2010: 7 births, rank #9,693
20112011: 7 births, rank #9,600
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: 6 births, rank #10,728
2014: 6 births, rank #10,717
2015: 6 births, rank #10,644
20162016: 7 births, rank #9,664
2017: 5 births, rank #12,246
2018: 5 births, rank #12,156
2019: 6 births, rank #10,803
2020: 8 births, rank #8,739
20212021: 8 births, rank #8,825
2022: 7 births, rank #9,823
2023: 6 births, rank #10,821
2024: 16 births, rank #5,659
20252025: 14 births, rank #6,143
In 2025, 14 babies were recorded with the name Vasco, ranking #6,143 among boys.