Esker

Boy · recorded 1900–1962

  • 1962last recorded
  • 1908best year

Most popular in 1908.

Last recorded in 1962. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Esker.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1900

0295819001916193119471962

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 40 recorded years as a table
Esker, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190040
190858
191310
191414
191514
191613
191713
19186
191910
192017
192110
19229
19237
19249
19258
19267
19278
19285
19297
193010
19316
19326
19336
19347
19355
19376
19388
19406
19414
19426
19434
19483
19493
19513
19523
19534
19564
19582
19612
19623

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Esker isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1962
6
Rank in 1962
#3,640
How rare
1 in 344,795 boys
Since 1900
313

Esker was last recorded in 1962. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1908, at 58 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Esker doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.