Esker

Last seen for boys in 1962 at #3,640

Peak · boys
1908 · 9 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
313
since 1900

Esker over time

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Rank among boys' names. Esker has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #946, 1908boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1962#3,6406
1961#4,0655
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1958#3,9445
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1956#2,9698
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1953#2,9058
1952#3,7345
1951#3,7145
1950
1949#3,2986
1948#3,3166
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1943#3,2316
1942#2,7128
1941#3,5055
1940#2,8717
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1938#2,4799
1937#3,1756
1936
1935#3,6455
1934#2,9737
1933#3,2686
1932#3,3616
1931#3,3906
1930#2,44411
1929#3,2477
1928#3,6976
1927#2,9129
1926#3,1398
1925#2,9369
1924#2,82210
1923#3,1758
1922#2,80110
1921#2,63211
1920#1,88518
1919#2,66510
1918#3,7286
1917#2,28012
1916#2,25912
1915#2,18412
1914#2,2719
1913#2,8215
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1908#9469
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five boys were named Esker! It came in at #1,162, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1907, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Esker
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1962
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1908 at #946 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1909, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1908
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,148
  • Highest: 1 in 17,148 boys born in 1908 were named Esker (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 344,795 boys born in 1962 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 30.7% of all boys named Esker (96) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s15#946 (1908)#1,054
1910s66#2,184 (1915)#2,601
1920s96#1,885 (1920)#2,925
1930s56#2,444 (1930)#3,092
1940s38#2,712 (1942)#3,156
1950s31#2,905 (1953)#3,453
1960s11#3,640 (1962)#3,853

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Esker in 1900

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#1,162
6 births · 1 in 25,079 boys

Top boys' names in 1900

  1. #1John9,828
  2. #2William8,579
  3. #3James7,245
  4. #4George5,403
  5. #5Charles4,098
  6. #6Robert3,821
  7. #7Joseph3,714
  8. #8Frank3,477
  9. #9Edward2,720
  10. #10Henry2,606
  11. #1,162Esker6
More about 1900

boys

150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 25,079 of them was named Esker, which outranked 22.8% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Esker
  1. #1,050Woody7
  2. #1,050Wright7
  3. #1,050Zenas7
  4. #1,162Esker6
  5. #1,162Acy6
  6. #1,162Adelard6
  7. #1,162Alberta6
  8. #1,310Abron5
  9. #1,310Agustus5
  10. #1,310Albertus5

Tied with 147 names at #1,162; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. 561Bertha#1,051#490
  2. 526Wilber#928#402
  3. 517Lonie#1,051#534
  4. 517Pasquale#1,051#534
  5. 473Boyce#1,051#578
Fallers
  1. 829Dora#481#1,310
  2. 697Sarah#613#1,310
  3. 697Fannie#613#1,310
  4. 681Lem#481#1,162
  5. 656Merritt#394#1,050

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1900