Vasco vs Vassie
American parents have registered 781 Vassies since 1880, against 523 Vascos. But in 2025 it was Vasco that was commoner, 14 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Vasco Vassie
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 103 years in which either name was published, Vassie for 58 years and Vasco for 45 years. The lead changed hands 21 times.
- 1884–1936 Vassie ahead, apart from 3 short spells
- 1937–1939 Vasco ahead
- 1940–1943 Vassie ahead
- 1956–2025 Vasco ahead, apart from one short spell
14 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Vasco | Vassie | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 523 | 781 |
| Most in one year | 18 | 25 |
| Babies in 2025 | 14 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 260 | 80 |
| Median age today | 17 | 82 |
| Peak year | 1916 | 1915 |
| Best rank | 1,698th boys | 1,439th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 6,143rd | unranked |
| First recorded | 1910 | 1884 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 523 | 781 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Vassies alive today are over 82; half the Vascos are over 17. That is 65 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Vasco and Vassie.